Anything pretty,' Claire will tell you, 'it's only for sale because no one wants it.

History is nothing except monsters or victims. Or witnesses.

So if reality is all a spell, and you don't really want what you think you want... If you have no free will. You don't really know what you know. You don't really love who you only think you love. What do you have left to live for?

Some people still think knowledge is power.

The girl traced the outline of her lover's shadow so she would always have a record of how he looked.

Books can create a depth of story, a background of information and ideas, that televison and movies can't. Sure, the television shows may shock, but only on a superficial level. They'd never risk market share to really explore the issues. They report, but don't analyze or suggest any new ways for living our lives.

All human beings search for either reasons to be good, or excuses to be bad.