The only bookstore I had was the paperback rack at the drugstore.

I'm sure partial to the evening,' Augustus said. 'The evening and the morning. If we just didn't have to have the rest of the dern day I'd be a lot happier.

-she remembered them kindly, for there was a sweetness in boys that didn't last long, once they became men.

Books can accommodate the proximity of computers but it doesn't seem to work the other way around. Computers now literally drive out books from the place that should, by definition, be books' own home: the library.

The Western notion of masculinity goes back a long way. It doesn’t allow for women, and it’s also racist - it doesn’t allow for other cultures.

If a warrior lacked wisdom, courage alone would not keep him alive for long.

There isn't a thought in my head I care to be alone with for more than five minutes.