“I can see her struggling to find the right word. Death seems so harsh. Passing so oblique. Some things are beyond words, I suppose, and she never finishes the statement. It seems right, that her wo...”

“My emotions are invisible, untouchableinvincible evenand their power far outweighs my own. And so it seems unfair that for all the little I can do to them, they can do so much to me.”

“There is power in confronting your fears. In knowing what it is you fear above all, you can prevent it from becoming your reality. There are always choices.”

“This world owes us nothing. Existence is not indebted to us. Humanity lives under this misconception that we deserve lifes blessings, that we deserve happiness. But in truth, life owes us nothing”

“Butterflies are natures tragic heroes. They live most of their lives being completely ordinary. And then, one day, the unexpected happens. They burst from their cocoons in a blaze of colors and bec...”

“I believe in the ability to choose. I believe this life is made up of our choices and their consequences the good and the bad. I do not believe in letting anything up to fate. We are the makers of ...”

“L'essere notata non mi va a genio, questo mi pare chiaro.”

“Later that night though, as I stayed awake into the early hours of morning devouring the second novel in a series, I understood what it meant to befriend a book. The books knew me, far better than ...”

“They take their drama firsthand, in the real world, while I prefer the drama of fictional charactersin worlds where things happen for a reason, where questions are answered, where conflicts are alw...”

“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”

“Im addicted to words. The only way to get my fix is to write and read.”

“Story always tells us more than the mere words, and that is why we love to write it, and to read it.”

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”