After all, it's the librarian's sworn purpose to bring books together with their one true reader.

People might think writing is a hard business, but it's nowhere near acting.

Even the most pragmatic person fell victim at times to a longing for something other.

The stretch of years leaves none unmarked: the blissful sense of youthful invincibility peels away and responsibility brings its weight to bear.

Sometimes, Edie, a person's feelings aren't rational. At least, they don't seem that way on the surface. You have to dig a little deeper to understand what lies at the base

Quite simply the book and I were meant to be together.

And then he was kissing her, and she was struck by his nearness, his solidity, his smell. It was of the garden and the earth and the sun. When Cassandra opened her eyes, she realized she was crying. She wasn't sad, though, these were the tears of being found, of having come home after a long time away.