And then, despite the fact that A. J. does not believe in God, he closes his eyes and thanks whomever, the higher power, with all his porcupine heart.

I can promise you books and conversation and all my heart.

The words you can't find, you borrow.

If this were a novel, I'd stop reading right now. I'd throw it across the room.

They had only ever discussed books but what, in this life, is more personal than books?

A place is not really a place without a bookstore.

Why are you crying?""I was reading.

Someday, you may think of marrying. Pick someone who thinks you're the only person in the room.

His heart is too full, and no words to release it.

Every word the right one and exactly where it should be. That's basically the highest compliment I can give.

Every book is a world.

Prehistory of mankind is way too horrible to be remembered.But if we choose to ignore it, then we'll be doomed to repeat it.

The problem is not those who dream, but those who can only dream.

As we look forward to the New Year, let's resolve to recommit ourselves to the values we share.

Still when I go on talk shows, I worry that I have to live up to a comedic persona.

The laws of biology are written in the language of diversity.

I hold that a long poem does not exist. I maintain that the phrase, "a long poem," is simply a flat contradiction in terms.

Without virtue, and without integrity, the finest talents and the most brilliant accomplishments can never gain the respect, and conciliate the esteem, of the truly valuable part of mankind.

I've always gone out with men who wanted a cook all the time.

Rare is the man who suffers no remorse as he passes from the state of confidant to that of rival.

Suffering makes you deep. Travel makes you broad. In case I get my pick, I'd rather travel.