I see libraries and librarians as frontline soldiers in the war against illiteracy and the lack of imagination.

What makes you think I'm giving you a ride?” “Because I'm a damsel in distress,” she said. “And you are a knight in whatever. A really dirty car.

Whenever it rains you will think of her.

None of this is truly happening," he said to Shadow. He sounded miserable. "It's all in your head. Best not to think of it.

The simplest way to make sure that we raise literate children is to teach them to read, and to show them that reading is a pleasurable activity.

Give me boredom. At least I know where I'm going to eat and sleep tonight.

Delirium: 'What's the name of the word for the precise moment when you realize that you've actually forgotten how it felt to make love to somebody you really liked a long time ago?' Dream: 'There isn't one.' Delirium: 'Oh. I thought maybe there was.'