We're too practical, I guess. You've got to be something of a dreamer to enjoy books

It was, in many ways, her dream bookshop. Not least because all the books had already been read.Books that had already been read were the best.

For as long as she could remember, she had thought that autumn air went well with books, that the two both somehow belonged with blankets, comfortable armchairs, and big cups of coffee or tea.

Feel-good books were ones you could put down with a smile on your face, books that made you think the world was a little crazier, stranger, and more beautiful when you looked up from them.

There's always a person for every book. And a book for every person.

As long as she had books and money, nothing could be a catastrophe.

That which didn't kill them made them stranger.

This is a small town, so everyone talks. Ironic, isn't it—so few people, so many opinions?

When in prayer, there is no need to implore, beg or repeat. You have been heard, and your wishes will be granted perfectly at the right time. Relax, be patient and do not fret.

A belief is an absolute but arbitrary mental stance.

If there's a place for me in Hell I hope it's next to someone like you

I always go to my Kanye [West], Jay-Z. I go back to alot of the stuff that I know for sure that I like.

I also enjoy writing my regular column for Organic Gardening magazine, so I may do more of that sort of thing in the future, if anybody wants it!

Because he (the Sage) demands no honor, he will never be dishonored.

Every farewell combines loss and new freedom.

I'm sorry that some self-styled anarchists have picked up on the word spirit and have turned me into a theological ecologist, a notion which I think is crude beyond all belief.

[Raising Hope] is a weird show about weird little humans who love each other.

Que Quowle" -stay with me forever-