He’s not your typical prince, more like a square peg in a round hole, kind of like me. He’s the sort of guy who wouldn’t mind reading side by side on a date.

The apple . . . came before Adam and Eve in the story of creation. It had to have been there at least three years because that's how long it takes for a new tree to bear fruit.

Seeing her sitting there unresponsive makes me realize that silence has a sound.

Every life has a soundtrack.

You give her all your french fries, even when she won't give you back onion rings,' Sophie says. 'And when you say her name it sounds different.' How?' Sophie thinks. 'Like it's covered with blankets.

He insisted that stars were people so well loved, they were traced in constellations, to live forever

Knowledge was power, but a good librarian did not hoard the gift. She taught others how to find, where to look, how to see.