“ Even if it was just walls and a roof with papers inside, it had bewitched him, and drawn him in, and given him everything he needed to become himself. Laini Taylor
“ It was a different life out here, but make no mistake: Lazlo was every bit the dreamer he had always been, if not more. He might have left his books, but he carried all his stories with him. Laini Taylor
“ He wasn't an alchemist, or a hero. He was a librarian, and a dreamer. He was a reader, and the unsung expert on a long-lost city no one cared a thing about. Laini Taylor
“ On the occasions that he did look up from the page, he would seem as though he were awakening from a dream. Laini Taylor
“ As for fairy tales, he understood that they were reflections of the people who had spun them, and were flecked with little truths - intrusions of reality into fantasy, like toast crumbs on a wizard's… Laini Taylor
“ After the end of the world, there is a world. Life doesn’t stop. It changes. And it changes me. Caroline George
“ Don't judge me by my books. They're not my voices, and they were never my stories to tell. Nadège Richards
“ For all her faults, it was actually my mom who instilled in me a love of reading, and books, for which I will always be grateful. She’s a complete bibliophile, so I’ve pretty much grown up around libr… Paula Gruben
“ I’m so glad to hear you are a reader, and you found these books to help you work through things on your own. Paula Gruben
“ It’s such a relief to know these are universal truths for so many of us in the adoption triad. Gosh, how much easier things could have been for you, for me, and your folks, if literature like this had… Paula Gruben
“ See, the sad thing about a guy like you is, in 50 years you're gonna start doin' some thinkin' on your own and you're going to come up with the fact that there are two certainties in life: one, don't… Ben Affleck
“ Thank God for books, for validating your feelings, and letting you know you’re not alone. Paula Gruben
“ Nothing is more hallowing than the union of kindred spirits in art. At the moment of meeting, the art lover transcends himself. At once he is and is not. He catches a glimpse of Infinity... Freed from… Kakuzō Okakura
“ And I remember this man who never ran out of poems telling me once that knowing a book by heart is like carrying a house inside your chest. Hisham Matar
“ You’re different, and I know that’s probably the most cliché response ever given, but it’s the truth. When I look at you, it’s as if I’m reading a novel. No matter how much time I spend studying your… Caroline George
“ Feeling like she really was just seven or eight, Claire sat down on the floor, books all around her, and she opened the last one she’d picked up. Even though it was dark, and even though her eyes coul… Jennifer Lynn Barnes
“ If a boy can manage to have coffee with me during the apocalypse, I know he cares. There’s not a speck of doubt in my mind. He must care. Caroline George
“ In the books I find the thrum of everything unsayable. The characters weep the way I want to, love the way I want to, cry, die, beat their breasts, and bray with life. Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich
“ Books were everywhere, lined neatly on shelves that went from floor to ceiling. The ceiling was two stories high, with an upper balcony that provided access to a second-floor gallery. The dazzling arr… Lisa Kleypas
