Libraries are places where the damaged go to find friends

If I have to 'catch' a man to get a husband, I don't want one.

I was nuts for stuff in the Middle Ages when I was just in the third and fourth grades.

We live in a dark time. Books are as dark as what is available to teenagers through the media every day.

What people tell me they take away from my books is that they can shape their lives, they can achieve their own dreams. And certainly that's what I want them to take away.

She rides as a man, goes unveiled as a man, fights as a man. Let her prove herself worthy as a man, worthy of her weapons and of our friendship.

The tall thief rushed down the stairs and grabbed her, swinging her around as he laughed. "And I've been thinkin' you forgot me," he said, placing her on her feet once more. "Just look at you! Tan and fit and wearin' the clothes of a Bazhir-" Alanna looked up into his friendly hazel eyes and broke into tears.