I think...that I would rather recollect a life mis-spent on fragile things than spent avoiding moral debt.

All bookshelves are magical.

Don't start anything you're not prepared to finish.

None of us know where our stories come from. That's why writers make fun of people who ask us where we get our ideas... because we don't know.

You mourn, for it is proper to mourn. But your grief serves you; you do not become a slave to grief. You bid the dead farewell, and you continue.

She was beautiful, but she was beautiful in the way a forest fire was beautiful.

I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful.