She'd fallen into the best part of her past.

But relying on one person for your every need is so dangerous. One set of hands isn't enough to keep you from falling.

Fate never promises to tell you everything up front. You aren't always shown the path in life you're supposed to take. But if there was one thing she'd learned in the past few weeks, it was that sometimes, when you're really lucky, you meet someone with a map.

She accepted it from then on. Books liked her. Books wanted to look after her.

Embarrassment felt a lot like eating chili peppers. It burned in the back of your throat and there was nothing you could do to make it go away. You just had to take it, suffer from it, until it eased off.

We have history, you and I. You just don’t know it yet.

Why were girls in such a hurry to grow up? Agatha would never understand. Childhood was magical. Leaving it behind was a magnificent loss.