In the end, what makes a book valuable is not the paper it's printed on, but the thousands of hours of work by dozens of people who are dedicated to creating the best possible reading experience for you.

You're funny, and you're smart, and you may show up late, but you always show up eventually.

Like all sick children,' he answered dispassionately, 'you say you don't want pity, but your very existence depends upon it.

Colin Singleton’s distance from his glasses made him realize the problem: myopia. He was nearsighted. The future lay before him, inevitable but invisible.

The light filtered throught the leaves and pine needles above as if through lace, the ground spotted in shadow.

It was nice - in the dark and the quiet... and her eyes looking back, like there was something in me worth seeing.

It hurt, and that is not a euphemism. It hurt like a beating.