“ Nonfiction at its best is like fashioning a cabinet. It can never be a sculpture. It can be elegant and very beautiful, but it can never be sculpture. Captive to facts - or predetermined form - it can… Peter Matthiessen
“ Reciprocal marketing, promotions and links. In public good experiments, behavioral economists have demonstrated that the potential for reciprocal actions by players increases the rate of contribution… Carl William Brown
“ The worst part about her new chambers was that all these wardrobes and vanities and drapes meant there was no space--none at all--for a bookcase. Who on earth could feel comfortable enough to sleep in… Cynthia Hand
“ The reading of good books could soothe human stupidity, the problem is that human stupidity does not like to read. Carl William Brown
“ You're beautiful, Jenna. i'm a man and I'm afraid to admit when I'm lucky enough to look at someone as beautiful as you. E.L. Montes
“ Just easy. Life feels like it’s always hard. There’s never a calm way to get through it, to just breathe. Every day brings the same challenges, the same routines…the same everything. And as much as I… E.L. Montes
“ I also wanted you to realize that even though the pain will always be there, I’m living proof you can get past this. Right now I know it feels impossible, but one day you’ll look back and see how far… E.L. Montes
“ When you adapt to someone, they become a part of your routine, a part of you. And when they’re taken away, you feel a bit lost. No matter how much you think it won’t affect your life, it does. E.L. Montes
“ Sometimes I come up here at night, even when I'm not fixing the clocks, just to look at the city. I like to imagine that the world is one big machine. You know, machines never have any extra parts. Th… Brian Selznick
“ And in a way I have always thought that words are alive a little, for they can whisper sweet nothings and roar dragon flame with equal efficiency. Lyndsay Faye
“ I've always loved joining clubs--although, in truth, they're usually book clubs." ~Robecca Steam Gitty Daneshvari
“ He sits at the table and reads novels, old favorites of his, the words and plots and characters comforting and lived-in and unchanged. Hanya Yanagihara
“ Chance wanting to defend her grandfather, but not about to leave the library, dustysafe sanctuary of shelves and glass cases and the musty smell of all the books, the door locked from the inside again… Caitlín R. Kiernan
“ Found in trees. Sometimes also in old silent movie theaters, seaside zoos, magic shops, hat shops, time-travel shops, topiary gardents, cowboy boots, castle turrets, comet museums, dog pounds, mermaid… Michelle Cuevas
“ If a book can save—redeem us from the mediocrity of the mundane—surely, there must be a God. Chila Woychik
“ The Page awaits the Inspiration even as Inspiration roams the world of man, seeking a Page upon which to unfurl itself, body and soul, bare yet clothed in immortality if not immediacy.And the gods sai… Chila Woychik
“ The spirit of imagination smells exactly how the person inhaling it imagines it to smell. S.A. Tawks
