“The love of libraries, like most loves, must be learned. ”

“Most important, in order to find real happiness, you must learn to love yourself for the totality of who you are and not just what you look like.”

“..I learned that there's a kind of love which must feel like coming home,...”

“Love must be learned and learned again; There is no end.”

“in other words, accept yourself. love your body the way it is and feel grateful towards it. most importantly, in order to find real happiness, you must learn to love yourself for the totality of who you are and not just what you look like”

“You must write every single day of your life... You must lurk in libraries and climb the stacks like ladders to sniff books like perfumes and wear books like hats upon your crazy heads... may you be in love every day for the next 20,000 days. And out of that love, remake a world.”