“Joshua to Angela: "Please, Angela, do it for me and you never know you just might have fun." She looked at him warily. "I find that highly doubtful, Josh.""Well how will you know unless you actuall...”

“Masks camouflage the faces of both good and evil. Keeps hidden what is a truth and what is a lie.”

“Sometimes, the only soul that can mend a broken heart is the one that broke it. For they are the ones holding all the pieces.”

“Whatever. I know that when a monster is chasing you. You take your high-heeled shoes off. Ive learned that And you never, ever dangle your legs over the edge of the bed at night And clowns, well,...”

“I have loved and lost in so many different ways. And I have died endless deaths So when I ask myself, the question today, who am I? My answer isI do not know.”

“Every time your heart is broken, a doorway cracks open to a world full of new beginnings, new opportunities.”

“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”

“But some characters in books are really real--Jane Austen's are; and I know those five Bennets at the opening of Pride and Prejudice, simply waiting to raven the young men at Netherfield Park, are ...”

“You take people, you put them on a journey, you give them peril, you find out who they really are.”

“A novel must show how the world truly is, how characters genuinely think, how events actually occur. A novel should somehow reveal the true source of our actions.”