Always, the eye sees more than the mind can comprehend, and we go through life self-blinded to much that lies before us. We want a simple world, but we live in a magnificently complex one, and rather than open ourselves to it, we perceive the world through filters that make it less daunting.

I always thought happiness was a choice and I always chose things that made me happy, and books were one of those.

The hard rain nailed the night to the city.

I think it's the people who have no doubt that every word they put down is gold that probably don't write very well.

Besides, I can't get to where I want to go by conscious or unconscious suicide. I've got my strange little life to lead. Leading it the best I can - that's how I buy the ticket to where I want to be.

She lived for others, her heart tuned to their anguish and their needs.

Books showed me that there were other ways to live a life.