I am for hockey. I find I should like to hit something with a stick. -Gemma Doyle Trilogy

You can never know about about your own destiny: are the people you meet there to play a part on your oun destiny, or do you exist just to play a role in theirs?

Greetings, ax murderer! I was just wondering how you like your eggs?

The library card is a passport to wonders and miracles, glimpses into other lives, religions, experiences, the hopes and dreams and strivings of ALL human beings, and it is this passport that opens our eyes and hearts to the world beyond our front doors, that is one of our best hopes against tyranny, xenophobia, hopelessness, despair, anarchy, and ignorance.

You have a steady fella?” Sam asked after a bit. “No fella can hold me for long.” Sam gave her a sideways glance. “That a challenge?” “No. A statement of fact.

Wow, you're awesome and The universe loves a winner, so the universe must really love you!

She knew what it was to wait for someone who would never come home. She knew that grief, like a scar, faded but never really went away.