“The woman looked out at the madness of the world and dared to hope. Her eyes were burning coals of stars.”

“We've got to make change our national pastime and hold protests more regularly than weekend parties.”

“As long as we don't cut off our hearts, the inner workings of the universe illuminate before us.”

“No one's life made sense on paper. You cannot condense a person into facts.”

“A freedom given up is not so easily regained.”

“The Earth was singing her revolution. She was calling her brave men and women to her defense.”

“To create art with all the passion in one's soul is to live art with all the beauty in one's heart.”

“art is risk made visible”

“Eleanor was right. She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn't supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.”

“Creativity is the state of consciousness in which you enter into the treasury of your innermost being and bring the beauty into manifestation. (p.232)”

“Do you think I'm pretty?I think you're beautifulBeautiful?You are so beautiful, it hurts sometimes.”

“As if you were on fire from within.The moon lives in the lining of your skin.”

“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”