“We may be just a drop in the ocean, but even the ocean envies the depth of our love.”

“Why does everyone see me as a sink when I am an ocean?”

“I hope every night is stunning where you are. In my words, you are a legend.”

“I'd love to wake up to complete silence, white sheets, and the smell of crisp air and roses.”

“I visit you in my dreams and you talk to me in songs. Each sentence is a bridge taking me closer to the city that you are.”

“If you think my waistline defines my worth, you are not worth my time anyways.”

“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”

“It was four o'clock of a stickily wet Saturday. As long as it is anything from Monday to Friday the average library attendant goes around thanking her stars she isn't a school-teacher; but the last...”

“The world is quiet here.”

“I've always said, stuff the engagement ring! Just build me a really big library.”

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”

“If I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and t...”

“I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic and ...”