“Lost. The therapist made it sound as if the person could be found. As if death wasnt final and irrevocable.”

“Are you sorry? Do you wish you could do it all again and go off and write novels instead of being a teacher?No. You cant trade what is for what might have been.”

“He’s at the library, I think. Safe and sound in his world of books... Maybe he’ll write one someday.”

“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”

“It was four o'clock of a stickily wet Saturday. As long as it is anything from Monday to Friday the average library attendant goes around thanking her stars she isn't a school-teacher; but the last...”

“The world is quiet here.”

“I've always said, stuff the engagement ring! Just build me a really big library.”