“Rereading, we find a new book”

“Children pay little attention to their parents' teachings, but reproduce their characters faithfully”

“Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.”

“Was there little time between the invention of language and the coming of true and false?”

“Truth can remain silent. Lies must be spoken.”

“Reading gives us some place to go when we have to stay where we are”

“Slowly, with many lost days, I come back to life.”

“Know this: whenever you think of leaving, a part of you has already left. But its never too late to get it back.”

“Do you know what happens when you play a country song backwards? You get your wife back, your dog back and your job back.”

“Stick-thin, alabaster-pale Etienne LeBlanc runs down the rue de Dinan with Madame Ruelle, the bakers wife, on his heels: the least-robust rescue ever assembled.”

“In river rescues, members of the Kansas City Fire Department rescue squad yell profanity-laced threats at victims before they get to them. If they don't, the victim will grab on to them and push th...”

“When it was too late for rescue, it was still early enough for revenge.”

“Little girl, a memory without blot or contamination must be an exquisite treasure-an inexhaustible source of pure refreshment:is it not?”

“He enjoys much who is thankful for little.”

“Little girl, a memory without blot or contamination must be an exquisite treasure-an inexhaustible source of pure refreshment:is it not?”