“It doesn't matter. I have books, new books, and I can bear anything as long as there are books.”
―
Jo Walton,
Among Others
“There's a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they're absolutely free. Don't miss so many of them.” ― Jo Walton
“Libraries really are wonderful. They're better than bookshops, even. I mean bookshops make a profit on selling you books, but libraries just sit there lending you books quietly out of the goodness of their hearts.” ― Jo Walton, Among Others
“I'll belong to libraries wherever I go. Maybe eventually I'll belong to libraries on other planets.” ― Jo Walton, Among Others
“If you love books enough, books will love you back.” ― Jo Walton, Among Others
“Bibliotropic," Hugh said. "Like sunflowers are heliotropic, they naturally turn towards the sun. We naturally turn towards the bookshop.” ― Jo Walton, Among Others
“Interlibrary loans are a wonder of the world and a glory of civilization.” ― Jo Walton, Among Others
“I care more about the people in books than the people I see every day.” ― Jo Walton, Among Others
“There are some awful things in the world, it's true, but there are also some great books.” ― Jo Walton, Among Others
“One of the things I've always liked about science fiction is the way it makes you think about things, and look at things from angles you'd never have thought about before.” ― Jo Walton, Among Others
“The thing about Tolkien, about The Lord of the Rings, is that it's perfect. It's this whole world, this whole process of immersion, this journey. It's not, I'm pretty sure, actually true, but that makes it more amazing, that someone could make it all up. Reading it changes everything.” ― Jo Walton, Among Others
“Tolkien understood about the things that happen after the end. Because this is after the end, this is all the Scouring of the Shire, this is figuring out how to live in the time that wasn’t supposed to happen after the glorious last stand. I saved the world, or I think I did, and look, the world is still here, with sunsets and interlibrary loans. And it doesn’t care about me any more than the Shire cared about Frodo.” ― Jo Walton, Among Others
“I don’t think I am like other people. I mean on some deep fundamental level. It’s not just being half a twin and reading a lot and seeing fairies. It’s not just being outside when they’re all inside. I used to be inside. I think there’s a way I stand aside and look backwards at things when they’re happening which isn’t normal.” ― Jo Walton, Among Others
“Know Thyself. It’s good advice. Know yourself. You are worth knowing. Examine your life. The unexamined life is not worth living. Be aware that other people have equal significance. Give them the space to make their own choices, and let their choices count as you want them to let your choices count. Remember that excellence has no stopping point and keep on pursuing it. Make art that can last and that says something nobody else can say. Live the best life you can, and become the best self you can. You cannot know which of your actions is the lever that will move worlds. Not even Necessity knows all ends. Know yourself.” ― Jo Walton, The Just City
“I hate it when people imply that people only read because they have nothing better to do.” ― Jo Walton, Among Others
“It's wrong for libraries to have limited budgets.” ― Jo Walton
“Class is entirely intangible, and the way it affects things isn't subject to scientific analysis, and it's not supposed to be real but it's pervasive and powerful. See; just like magic.” ― Jo Walton, Among Others
“If I were omnipotent and omnibenevolent I wouldn't be so damn ineffable.” ― Jo Walton, Among Others
“And there's no sex, hardly any love stuff at all, in Middle Earth, which always made me think, yes, the world would be better off without it.” ― Jo Walton, Among Others
“There's a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they're absolutely free. Don't miss so many of them.” ― Jo Walton
“Libraries really are wonderful. They're better than bookshops, even. I mean bookshops make a profit on selling you books, but libraries just sit there lending you books quietly out of the goodness of their hearts.” ― Jo Walton, Among Others
“I'll belong to libraries wherever I go. Maybe eventually I'll belong to libraries on other planets.” ― Jo Walton, Among Others
“If you love books enough, books will love you back.” ― Jo Walton, Among Others
“Bibliotropic," Hugh said. "Like sunflowers are heliotropic, they naturally turn towards the sun. We naturally turn towards the bookshop.” ― Jo Walton, Among Others
“Interlibrary loans are a wonder of the world and a glory of civilization.” ― Jo Walton, Among Others
“I care more about the people in books than the people I see every day.” ― Jo Walton, Among Others
“There are some awful things in the world, it's true, but there are also some great books.” ― Jo Walton, Among Others
“One of the things I've always liked about science fiction is the way it makes you think about things, and look at things from angles you'd never have thought about before.” ― Jo Walton, Among Others
“The thing about Tolkien, about The Lord of the Rings, is that it's perfect. It's this whole world, this whole process of immersion, this journey. It's not, I'm pretty sure, actually true, but that makes it more amazing, that someone could make it all up. Reading it changes everything.” ― Jo Walton, Among Others
“Tolkien understood about the things that happen after the end. Because this is after the end, this is all the Scouring of the Shire, this is figuring out how to live in the time that wasn’t supposed to happen after the glorious last stand. I saved the world, or I think I did, and look, the world is still here, with sunsets and interlibrary loans. And it doesn’t care about me any more than the Shire cared about Frodo.” ― Jo Walton, Among Others
“I don’t think I am like other people. I mean on some deep fundamental level. It’s not just being half a twin and reading a lot and seeing fairies. It’s not just being outside when they’re all inside. I used to be inside. I think there’s a way I stand aside and look backwards at things when they’re happening which isn’t normal.” ― Jo Walton, Among Others
“Know Thyself. It’s good advice. Know yourself. You are worth knowing. Examine your life. The unexamined life is not worth living. Be aware that other people have equal significance. Give them the space to make their own choices, and let their choices count as you want them to let your choices count. Remember that excellence has no stopping point and keep on pursuing it. Make art that can last and that says something nobody else can say. Live the best life you can, and become the best self you can. You cannot know which of your actions is the lever that will move worlds. Not even Necessity knows all ends. Know yourself.” ― Jo Walton, The Just City
“I hate it when people imply that people only read because they have nothing better to do.” ― Jo Walton, Among Others
“It's wrong for libraries to have limited budgets.” ― Jo Walton
“Class is entirely intangible, and the way it affects things isn't subject to scientific analysis, and it's not supposed to be real but it's pervasive and powerful. See; just like magic.” ― Jo Walton, Among Others
“If I were omnipotent and omnibenevolent I wouldn't be so damn ineffable.” ― Jo Walton, Among Others
“And there's no sex, hardly any love stuff at all, in Middle Earth, which always made me think, yes, the world would be better off without it.” ― Jo Walton, Among Others
