The act of reading is a partnership. The author builds a house, but the reader makes it a home.

When she wanted to escape her life, she read books

Your hand fits mine like the last piece of a jigsaw puzzle

I don't believe in God. But sitting there, in a room full of those who feel otherwise, I realize that I do believe in people. In their strength to help each other, and to thrive in spite of the odds, I believe that the extraordinary trumps the ordinary, any day. I believe that having something to hope for -- even if it's just a better tomorrow -- is the most powerful drug on this planet.

We all know that a sky with clouds in it is much more interesting than one that doesn’t have any.

If you live in each other's pockets long enough, you're related.

My brother believed in all sorts of mythical creatures: pixies, dragons, werewolves, honest men.