“yes, books are like flypapers. Memories cling to the printed page better than anything else.”

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

“If you take a book with you on a journey," Mo had said when he put the first one in her box, "an odd thing happens: The book begins collecting your memories. And forever after you have only to open that book to be back where you first read it. It will all come into your mind with the very first words: the sights you saw in that place, what it smelled like, the ice cream you ate while you were reading it... yes, books are like flypaper—memories cling to the printed page better than anything else.”

“You can tell I don't like this book, because I drew in it. And that's better than anything else that's in this book.”

“I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.”

“She is a real bookworm. I think she lives on print. Her whole house is full of books - looks as if she likes them better than human company.”