I always used to read aloud to her in the evenings--

The sea always filled her with longing, though for what she was never sure.

Books are like flypaper, memories cling to the printed pages better than anything else.

It's a good idea to have your own books with you in a strange place

Down there the nights are bright and nobody believes in the Devil.

The night belongs to beasts of prey, and always has. It's easy to forget that when you're indoors, protected by light and solid walls.

As Mo had said: writing stories is a kind of magic, too.

It [the book] was spinning a magic spell around her heart, sticky as a spider's web and enchantingly beautiful..

Because fear kills everything, " Mo had once told her. "Your mind, your heart, your imagination.

You're the one who says books have to be heavy because the whole world's inside them...

All writers are insane!

Soundless echoes - no voice, Sadness doth keep thee at bay, Stagnation rises as ebb & flow, Nothing alters, Unless you choose to break away.

Nothing will do me any good unless I learn to control this body of mine.

You can get the true essence of New Yorkers by just hanging out in Central Park

That's what social media is, that's what Twitter is, that's what Facebook posts are. It's just really anti-intellectual.

If you will comply with my conditions, I will leave them and you at peace; but if you refuse, I will glut the maw of death, until it be satiated with the blood of your remaining friends.

Those who run away from the reality will eventually get run over by it!

Narrative living is the beginning of rhetoric.

Not bombs nor my broken heart can take away from me walking barefoot with you in jasmine June through the Field of Mars.

Faith in God offers no insurance against tragedy.

There is a limit to human intelligence, but there is no limit to human stupidity