“Take a look and pick up a book, you never know what you might just find.”

“When you find that one book, that one that makes you tingle. It's almost like you found a little piece of magic.”

“Nothing is more important than creative play through imagination. Never stop playing, and never stop imagining!”

“Literature has the ability to open up a whole new world to children, but we need to have a share in helping them to find that door and open it with them. Lets set the example and help to foster thi...”

“The family that reads together grows together!”

“Never underestimate the power of giving a book!”

“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”

“When I say it's you I like, I'm talking about that part of you that knows that life is far more than anything you can ever see or hear or touch. That deep part of you that allows you to stand for t...”

“You know Balbec so well - do you have friends in the area?'I have friends wherever there are companies of trees, wounded but not vanquished, which huddle together with touching obstinacy to implore...”

“Things that matter are not easy. Feelings of happiness are easy. Happiness is not. Flirting is easy. Love is not. Saying youre friends is easy. Being friends is not.”

“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”

“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”

“If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.”