You meet people who are in pain in life and love and you forgive them for behaving the way they do.

What you don't read is often as important as what you do read.

There are almost as many kinds of libraries as there are kinds of readers.

There are secrets everywhere. I think everyone's parents have secrets. You just have to know where to look for them.

As I am sure you know, when people say 'It's my pleasure,' they usually mean something along the lines of, 'There's nothing on Earth I would rather do less.' [...]

It is almost as if happiness is an acquired taste, like coconut cordial or ceviche, to which you can eventually become accustomed, but despair is something surprising each time you encounter it.

There was still plenty of water in the basement, and I felt it soaking me from the knees on down. If someone wanted to torture me until I told them a critical piece of information, all they would have to do is get my socks wet. It feels terrible.