You can't do magic with books unless they're very special copies.

It doesn't matter. I have books, new books, and I can bear anything as long as there are books.

Interlibrary loans are a wonder of the world and a glory of civilization.

If I were omnipotent and omnibenevolent I wouldn't be so damn ineffable.

If you love books enough, books will love you back.

I care more about the people in books than the people I see every day.

One of the things I've always liked about science fiction is the way it makes you think about things, and look at things from angles you'd never have thought about before.

magic can make things happen before you do it. It can make things have happened.

You can never be sure where you are with magic.

I wish magic was more dramatic

Magic isn’t inherently evil. But it does seem to be terribly bad for people.

If I seem better than you, you like me more. If you feel you have no chance with me, you like me more.

To find the courage to do what I want to do for myself has been hard.

We'll never honor Christ if we forget how to honor each other.

It may well be doubted whether human ingenuity can construct an enigma... which human ingenuity may not, by proper application, resolve.

Optimism is the first cousin of love, and it's exactly like love in three ways: it's pushy, it has no real sense of humour, and it turns up where you least expect it.

Is this thing safe?" "Safe as life," Gansey replied.

I think the material that inspires artists is the fabric of the soul of civilization.

I knew out of high school I didn't want to go to college. I knew what whatever I did wouldn't have anything to do with college.

Oh, is this your buried treasure? The light in the heart.