If you read enough Lionel Fanthorpe, your brain starts to turn to jelly and just dribbles out of your ears.

You're a big one,[...] a tall drink of water, but I got to tell you, you don't look too bright. I got a son, stupid as a man who bought his stupid at a two-for-one sale, and you remind me of him.

I wonder if I shall ever see her again, and I realize that I scarcely care. I can feel the sheets beneath me, and the cold air on my chest. I feel fine. I feel absolutely fine. I feel nothing at all.

Books are defensive, not offensive (unless you're the puzzled adult trying to make the kid with the book interact).

Librarians are the coolest people out there doing the hardest job out there on the frontlines. And every time I get to encounter or work with librarians, I'm always impressed by their sheer awesomeness.

I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else.

I couldn't get you to the ocean, but there was nothing stopping me bringing the ocean to you.