We resent being faced with facts we'd prefer to ignore as much as being wrongly accused of doing something we haven't.

However much you love somebody, you should always keep a part of yourself to yourself. Never give it all. You can never be yourself otherwise.

He thought: How difficult it is to explain yourself to yourself. Sometimes there only is, and no knowing.

If a boy, if a man, asks you if you're all right and you say yes, he'll always believe you and get on with what he wants to do. It's just the way they're made.

You become a reader by reading the literature, not by reading the handbooks about it.

I cannot live without reading.

How do I think of you? As someone I want to be with. As someone as young as me, but "older," if that makes sense. As someone I like to look at, not just because you're good to look at, but because just looking at you makes me smile and feel happier. As someone who knows her mind and who I envy for that. As someone who is strong in herself without seeming to need anyone else to help her. As someone who makes me thinks and unsettles me in a way that makes me feel more alive.