Maybe this was one of those times when being a hero didn’t involve looking particularly brave. It was just doing what you should.

It's time to live with what we have and mourn what we lost.

It was so much easier to be angry. Being angry made him feel strong, even though-- and this contradiction did nothing to diminish his anger-- he was angry only because his position was so weak.

It didn’t matter where you were, if you were in a room full of books you were at least halfway home.

Becoming an author changes your attitude too. Once you see where books come from, and how they're made, they never seem quite as sacred again.

Do you promise to hate my parents as much as I do?" "Oh, absolutely," Quentin said. "Maybe even more.

I came from an anxious, overly intense East Coast academic family. That was the way of our tribe.