“To be a decent writer you must have both empathy and imagination. While these attributes aid your art, they can plague your soul. You dont simply suffer your own sadness, experience your own longin...”

“It was a fitting animal for a priest. Cats guard the secrets of the otherworld and are liaisons with mystic realms. Protectors of esoteric knowledge, cats can open the gates through which a priest ...”

“Jersey cows, Eva explained after Jac complimented the luxurious taste. The butter and cream here are better than anywhere in the world.Not that were prejudiced, Theo teased.”

“Jersey cows,” Eva explained after Jac complimented the luxurious taste. “The butter and cream here are better than anywhere in the world.”“Not that we’re prejudiced,” Theo teased.”

“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”

“Some read to learn, some to laugh, and some to live.”

“Like many writers, I lived inside of books as a child.”

“If difficult times teach us the most important lessons, we should then learn to read difficult 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.”