The problem with growing up is that once you're grown up, the people who aren't grown up aren't fun anymore.

The real problem with being around James was that he was always the hero. And what did that make you? Either the sidekick or the villain.

I read Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, which I think will subsequently be recognized as one of the first great novels of the 21st century.

The problem with growing up is that once you're grown up, the people who aren't grown up aren't fun anymore.

A big silvery janitor. Penny, this can’t be how the universe works.” “In the Order we call it ‘inverse profundity.’ We’ve observed it in any number of cases. The deeper you go into the cosmic mysteries, the less interesting everything gets.

I guess I was raised in a household with a lot of reverence for the physical sanctity of books. You didn't destroy books.

A novel with a bad middle is a bad book. A bad ending is something I've just gotten in the habit of forgiving.