Lending books to other people is merely a shrewd form of housecleaning.

Because to the poor, books are not diversions. Book are siege weapons.

If you have read 6, 000 books in your lifetime, or even 600, it's probably because at some level you find 'reality' a bit of a disappointment.

If you have read 6, 000 books in your lifetime, or even 600, it's probably because at some level you find 'reality' a bit of a disappointment

A prayer couched in the words of the soul, is far more powerful than any ritual.

...be more than a person she would settle for... be a person she would yearn for.

No dream is too big. No challenge is too great. Nothing we want for our future is beyond our reach.

We're in a different time right now, and I think we're ready to see a different type of female hero.

I'm just beginning to develop callouses on my fingers, because I haven't played a lot.

I love looking at sculpture, but there's some sort of spell that's broken with it.

Fate isn't some middle-aged man with a squint who won't recognize you if you change your clothes.

This is the tragedy of modernity: as with neurotically overprotective parents, those trying to help are often hurting us the most.

The way that I approach music has a bit of a sense of humor to it. Something slightly different that people can still relate to.

Whenever my environment had failed to support or nourish me, I had clutched at books.