He saw things in a way that others did not, so that a city I had lived in all my life seemed a different place, so that a woman became beautiful with the light on her face.

I find that when I come out of the library I'm in what I call the library bliss of being totally taken away from the distractions of life.

It's those little daily incidents of life that are dramatic, and if you put a frame around it , suddenly they become much bigger and much more important than you ever imagined.

Over his shoulder I saw a star fall. It was me.

Jane Austen easily used half a page describing someone else's eyes; she would not appreciate summarizing her reading tastes in ten titles.

I had walked along that street all my life, but had never been so aware that my back was to my home

You're so calm and quiet, you never say. But there are things inside you. I see them sometimes, hiding in your eyes.