My Macbook is my new boyfriend, except that he's dependable and meets all my demands.

That's the thing about a great book. Every time you read it, it's different, because you're different. You've changed since the last time you picked it up, things have happened to you.

Yes, it's true that you can't learn everything from books. But you do learn something about everything.

We read because we are essentially alone.

Screw us once, shame on them; screw us twice, shame on us.

That's really what the mall is all about: money. At the mall the rule is: Credito, ergo sum - I shop, therefore I am.

Everyone declares that love is irrational, and yet everytime this statement is proven correct, they profess amazement. They seem to assume that love will make an exception in their case. It never does.