Power. Intoxicating. Like a fine wine.

There are not so many mythical creatures from Inkheart.

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

believe me. Sometimes when life looks to be at its grimmest, there's a light hidden at the heart of things. Clive Barker, Abarat

Second, there are so many magical places in books that you cant go to, like Hogwarts and Middle Earth, so I wanted to set a story in a place where children can actually go.

A library book, I imagine, is a happy book.

You know what they say: When people start burning books they'll soon burn human beings.

Books have to be heavy because the whole world's inside them.

I have two Iceland horses, a very hairy dog called Looney, and a guinea pig.

Which of us has not felt that the character we are reading in the printed page is more real than the person standing beside us?

If I was a book, I would like to be a library book, so I would be taken home by all different sorts of kids.

Δύο υπερβολές : ν' αποκλείουμε το Λόγο, και να μη δεχόμαστε παρά μόνο το Λόγο.

Despair wishes their hope diminishes.

Your body is a temple and I'm in need of serious prayer.

God takes us through life's journey. Always nudging our Spirits to go for plus and shun the minus.

An unliterary man may be defined as one who reads books once only.

But remember, continuing a wrong relationship only increases the pain when it finally does end.

life is a series of sweet coincidences

My freshman year of high school was just awkwardness all around.

If I have a talent, it's already been exploited! I've shown everything I can do to the public.

The whole matter revolves around the self-respect of my people. How much satisfaction can I get from a court order for somebody toassociate with me who does not wish me near them?