Stretched out in front of me was my time as an adult, and then a skeleton, and then nothing except perhaps a few books on a few shelves.

It doesn't take courage to kill someone,' Klaus said. 'It takes a severe lack of moral stamina.

That night was a dark day. Of course, all nights are dark days, because night is simply a badly lit version of day.

When trouble strikes, head to the library. You will either be able to solve the problem, or simply have something to read as the world crashes down around you.

Everyone tells you it's all right to cry, but not enough people say it's all right if you don't want people to know.

The miracle is the adverbs, the way things are done.

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