“I like the idea of someone else’s love safely sealed in a song or a book.”
Henry Rollins (1961) American singer-songwriter
Source: Solipsist
“He loved books; books are cold but safe friends.”
— Victor Hugo, book Les Misérables
Variant: He was fond of books, for they are cool and sure friends
Source: Les Misérables
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