“Misunderstanding and distrustthe predominant elements of a novel. Without them, everyone lives happily from beginning.”

“You'll never get to the happily ever after if you don't move past the current chapter...”

“A great book increases my heartbeat as if Im prey, melts my insides in anticipation of a first kiss, immerses me in its depths.”

“And they...LIVED! Life isn't always Happily Ever After, rather, loving FOREVER, regardless.”

“Publishing a book is like being pregnant. By the end, you're just ready to get that baby out!”

“Like the roller coaster of life...novels aren't fun without ups and downs and even an occasional loop.”

“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”

“Theres more to life than increasing its speed.”

“Full minds create chaos.”

“We have the St. Vitus' dance, and cannot possibly keep our heads still”

“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”

“I've always said that idleness dulls the spirit. We have to keep the brain busy, or at least the hands if we don't have a brain.”

“If your workplace was somehow transplanted into the jungle and everyone was forced to survive at a very primitive level, it's safe to say that eventually your boss would rape you.”