The problem is simply finding the right person. Ask Plato. Just make sure she finishes your thoughts and you finish hers. That's all you need.

When you handle books all day long, every new one is a friend and a temptation.

There is nothing harder, at moments, than talking to someone who has all the power of silence.

For me, Dracula has always been associated with travel and beautiful historical places.

As a historian, I have learned that, in fact, not everyone who reaches back into history can survive it. And it is not only reaching back that endangers us; sometimes history itself reaches inexorably forward for us with its shadowy claws.

I was filled with angst in college, that I struggled with the question of my future, the meaning of my life - spoiled sheltered rich girl collides with great books and is devastated by her own banality.

Festina Lente (Hurry in slowly)