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“A book gives you everything. It gives you a window into other souls, other worlds. The world is a door. Books are the key.” (The Vanishing Stair Quotes)
Maureen Johnson
The Vanishing Stair
“A half hour later, with a new schedule and an alarming set of “personal academic benchmarks” to meet, Steve was released back into the wild, feeling a confusing blend of joy and terror, which was often a ticket to a ride on the anxiety roller coaster.”
Maureen Johnson
The Vanishing Stair
“All the money, all the power—none of it compares to a good book. A book gives you everything. It gives you a window into other souls, other worlds.”
Maureen Johnson
The Vanishing Stair
“Anxiety and excitement are cousins; they can be mistaken for each other at points. They have many features in common—the bubbling, carbonated feel of the emotion, the speed, the wide eyes and racing heart. But where excitement tends to take you up, into the higher, brighter levels of feeling, anxiety pulls you down, making you feel like you have to grip the earth to keep from sliding off as it turns.”
Maureen Johnson
The Vanishing Stair
“How does this keep happening to you?” David said. “Because I look,” Stevie replied. “A lot of things happen when you go out and do them on purpose.”
Maureen Johnson
The Vanishing Stair
“I heard about her from one of the top librarians at the public library, this girl from Avenue A who read Greek and slipped into one of the rare books rooms three times. They said she was trouble, but good trouble. Good trouble.”
Maureen Johnson
The Vanishing Stair
“It is unclear what I bring to the table here, but I thank you for having me.
Maureen Johnson
The Vanishing Stair
“So much of anxiety was anxiety about having anxiety.”
Maureen Johnson
The Vanishing Stair
“The real magic rocks are the friends we make along the way.”
Maureen Johnson
The Vanishing Stair
“This report claims that after the kidnapping and murders, Albert Ellingham rewrote his will, leaving his fortune to anyone who could find his daughter, dead or alive, provided they were not responsible for the crimes.”
Maureen Johnson
The Vanishing Stair
“What do you do when the devil turns up in your living room and offers you everything you want?”
Maureen Johnson
The Vanishing Stair
“Yes, she still smelled a bit of night funk, but that was fine. Sometimes detectives smell like night funk.”
Maureen Johnson
The Vanishing Stair
“You could be naked, you could scream and hang out on the roof, but you do not mess with the place with the books.”
Maureen Johnson
The Vanishing Stair
“You have to try. Trying is the first step to whatever comes next.”
Maureen Johnson
The Vanishing Stair
