“-It's extremely cool how the words can stay the same but their meaning can change.-Because the reader changes.-EXACTLY”

“I know the you whos in the margins. I know youre thinking hard about what you want and why more than some people ever do. I know you can take on a challenge and kick its ass. And I know youve tried...”

“The creation of art requires descent into the dark.”

“Something about her in this moment strikes him as being familiar. The motion of her arm? The shape of her hand? The wrinkle of her upper lip? He does not know. Nor does he have any way to tell whet...”

“If I am going out into the unknown, it might as well be the really unknown.”

“-That's kind of sad.-I used to think so. Now I think: you're born a certain way. Later you get to decide how much you want to fight/change that. I don't mind being alone.-You must mind. If you didn...”

“Some experiences are universal. A girl is a girl whether she lives in West Omaha or Sweet Valley. Books are often far more than books.”

“A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.”

“The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,And all the sweet serenity of books”

“Nobody could rule this world merely by peace.”

“And some day there will be nothing left of everything that has twisted my life and grieved it and filled me so often with such anguish. Some day, with the last exhaustion, peace will come and the m...”

“Every good thing comes to some kind of end, and then the really good things come to a beginning again.”

“But suppose the endlessly dead were to wake in us some emblem:they might point to the catkins hangingfrom the empty hazel trees, or direct us to the raindescending on black earth in early spring. ...”

“Life is but a dream for the dead.”

“Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living.”