The past feels distant, even when it's near. The future feels assured, even when it isn't.

Reading a good book helps us to feel un-alone.

But I will say this: When the scientists of the future show up at my house with robot eyes and they tell me to try them on, I will tell the scientists to screw off, because I do not want to see a world without him.

A small olive-skinned creature who had hit puberty but never hit it very hard, Ben had been my best friend since fifth grade, when we both finally owned up to the fact that neither of us was likely to attract anyone else as a best friend.

I don't think we should see the world of books as fundamentally separate from the world of the Internet. Yes, the Internet contains a lot of videos of squirrels riding skateboards, but it can also be a place that facilitates big conversations about books.

Read a lot. Read broadly... Tell stories to your friends, and pay attention to when they get bored... Write a lot.

I don't know why boys expect us to like boy movies. We don't expect them to like girl movies.