I had never seen a real live dead person.

When two people love each other, they do not comply and does not dominate, only complement each other.

It means that we should celebrate today's failure because it is a clear sign that our voyage of discovery is not yet over.

It was too bad, but sometimes a little knowledge could ruin your whole day, or at least take off some of the shine.

Ahhh. Bed, book, kitten, sandwich. All one needed in life, really.

By 1899, we had learned to tame the darkness but not the Texas heat.

One day I would have all the books in the world, shelves and shelves of them. I would live my life in a tower of books. I would read all day long and eat peaches. And if any young knights in armor dared to come calling on their white chargers and plead with me to let down my hair, I would pelt them with peach pits until they went home.