“Fair means everyone gets what they need. And the only way to get what you need is to make it happen yourself.”

“Fairness does not mean everyone gets the same. Fairness means everyone gets what they need.”

“I tried to think of something to say. Excuse me? Hello? Marry me? Anything would have done.”

“Right," Sadie said. "And Set will just stand there calmly while I read him to death.”

“Unless you stop him. Perhaps next we meet.""You'll be just as annoying?" I guessed.He fixed my with those warm brown eyes. "Or perhaps you could bring me up to speed on those modern courtship ritua...”

“You know how hard it is to feel like an extreme falcon-headed combat machine when somebody calls you "chicken man"?”

“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”

“To whom shall I offer this book, young and sprightly,Neat, polished, wide-margined, and finished politely?To you, my Cornelius, whose learning pedantic,Has dared to set forth in three volumes gigan...”

“To my father, who told me the stories that matter. To my mother, who taught me to remember them.”

“Time has become quiet flexible inside the library. (This is true of most places with interesting books. Sit down to read for twenty minutes, and suddenly it's dark, with no clue as to where the hou...”

“The better the school library, the higher the reading scores.”

“All Librarians are Secret Masters of Severe Magic. Goes with the territory.”