“A blessed companion is a book! A book that, fitly chosen, is a life-long friend.”

“A blessed companion is a book--a book that, fitly chosen, is a lifelong friend...a book that, at a touch, pours its heart into your own.”

“Any artist who has ever created something worthwhile has done so by staying true to himself. You can't do it any other way.”

“Joan Finch is tall and sickly thin. She is wearing a tight black dress that accentuates her bony legs, the crookedness of her body. She looks like a burnt matchstick.”

“The library—the place in my life that was full of books—beagan to teach me that books weren't everything.”

“Good writers don’t moralize, nor do they preach, but they do create longing for the true and the beautiful, and that is why you must write with Christ at the center of your reason for writing. That does not mean that every book must be a retelling of Luke’s gospel, however, every worthy book written by a Christian will direct readers away from self, and sin, and put them on a quest for God and his gospel. Create longing for these things.”

“Readers are of two sorts: one who goes carefully through a book, and the other who as carefully lets the book go through him. ”