“Mapmaker mapmakermake me a mapone to one scale, without a single gap.Map every rock,every thought, every treeand erase all the territory.”

“The Sun is such a lonely star. Whenever he comes out to see his friends, they all disappear.”

“A man touched me:his hand... my thigh.I touched him too:my fist... his jaw.”

“If I read our story backwards, it's about how I un-broke your heart, and then we were happy until one day, you forgot about me forever.”

“I think there is something beautiful in reveling in sadness. The proof is how beautiful sad songs can be. So I dont think being sad is to be avoided. Its apathy and boredom you want to avoid. But f...”

“We could have been the greatest love story ever told.If only you'd stayed in character.”

“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”

“Reading for enjoyment won't die altogether, but this Ereader device has the potential to repel those less imaginative from fiction. And that could have an undesirable domino effect.”

“In those days, there was no money to buy books.”

“Do you believe that every story must have a beginning and an end? In ancient times a story could end only in tow ways: having passed all the tests, the hero and the heroine married, or else they di...”