| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 81247f0 | She could, she thinks, have entered a different life. She could have had a life as potent and dangerous as literature itself. | ennui exciting-life fantasy-life life-worth-living regret resignation | Michael Cunningham | |
| b8cf92b | "Myron took the moment to sit down on the stone bench behind him and whispered to Hadrian, "You were right. Life outside the abbey is much more exciting than books." | exciting-life real-life | Michael J. Sullivan |