I read.. because one life is not enough

The years went by, and Mary Alice and I grew up, Slower than we wanted to, faster than we realized.

...they'd just tell you to turn the other cheek, wouldn't they?...Trouble is, Mrs. Dowdel observed, after you've turned the other cheek four times, you run out of cheeks.

But put two librarians' heads together, and mountains move.

Humor is anger that was sent to finishing school.

[A young adult novel] ends not with happily ever after, but at a new beginning, with the sense of a lot of life yet to be lived.

If you're going to read minds, start with a simple one.