“The library smells like old books a thousand leather doorways into other worlds. I hear silence, like the mind of God. I feel a presence in the empty chair beside me. The librarian watches me susp...”

“It was all real and blazing with detail. But I was shadow, light as mist, mute as the wallpaper.”

“He kissed me for a long moment, holding my shoulders, perhaps to keep me from pressing my whole body against his. Then he tried to lift my bag."My God," he said. "What happened?""I found out one ma...”

“As I look around the quiet room, I see a thousand leather covers like doorways into worlds unknown.”

“A sea of dreams trapped in a span of pressed pages”

“I studied a crescent moon hung crooked in a plum purple sky and thought about what it would be like to truly be seen.”

“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”