The bookish life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman

“Being with you is as good as being alone.” ― Abbi Waxman, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

“People were... exhausting. They made her anxious. Leaving her apartment every morning was the turning over of a giant hourglass, the mental energy she’d stored up overnight eroding grain by grain. She refueled during the day by grabbing moments of solitude and sometimes felt her life was a long-distance swim between islands of silence.” ― Abbi Waxman, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

“It also meant she thought of books as medication and sanctuary and the source of all good things. Nothing yet had proven her wrong.” “Do you know the best feeling in the world?" "Uh..." Nina shook her head, despite having some ideas. Liz glowed. "It's reading a book, loving every second of it, then turning to the front and discovering that the writer wrote fourteen zillion others.” ― Abbi Waxman, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

“Some people take energy; some people give energy . . . Occasionally, you get lucky and find someone whose energy balances your own and brings you into neutral.” ― Abbi Waxman, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

“Being surrounded by books was the closest she'd ever gotten to feeling like the member of a gang. The books had her back, and the nonfiction, at least, was ready to fight if necessary.” ― Abbi Waxman, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

“She enjoyed people—she really did—she just needed to take them in homeopathic doses; a little of the poison was the cure.” ― Abbi Waxman, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

“Oh my God, she thought, it’s hard to be human sometimes, with the pressure to be civilized lying only very thinly over the brain of a nervous little mammal.” ― Abbi Waxman, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

“Nina had looked around and realized she would never run out of things to read, and that certainty filled her with peace and satisfaction. It didn't matter what hit the fan; as long as there were unread books in the world, she would be fine.” ― Abbi Waxman, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

“Nina could tell from his tone of voice that her new nephew was a morning person, that despicable breed.” ― Abbi Waxman, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill