“It is neither poor handling nor the weather that turns the pages of a book a fine sepia. It is the reader's imagination.”

“Ms Rainn, when was the last time you visited a library for the books and not the free Internet it offers?”

“She lost touch with reality and was dragged into her imagination.”

“When the imagination takes over, the second hand could be the hour hand to a creator of stories.”

“The imagination is a wild and dangerous forest that is impossible to know the full might of.”

“He held out a shaky and worn hand and she met it with one of her young and inexperienced ones.”

“nights and days came and passedand summer and winterand the sun and the windand the rain.and it was good to be a little islanda part of the worldand a world of its ownall surrounded by the bright b...”

“When you drop a glass or a plate to the ground it makes a loud crashing sound. When a window shatters a table leg breaks or when a picture falls off the wall it makes a noise. But as for your heart...”

“A good friend of mine once said, "I have never met a bigot who was a reader as a child.”

“I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the Heart's affections and the truth of the Imagination.”

“Nature: it might be the magical key to unlock a locked imagination.”

“Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.”

“Just because it's fiction doesn't mean it's any less true.”

“Oh, Sweetie. No one ever gets through their TBR list. For every book you finish, you'll add five more. That's just the way it works.”

“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”