“Why is any one book different from any other book? They are different, A. J. decides, because they are. We have to look inside many. We have to believe. We agree to be disappointed sometimes so that we can be exhilarated every now and again.”

— Gabrielle Zevin

Source: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

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