“It's heartbreaking when you love a book that fails. And it alwaysseems to happen to the nicest authors.”

“That heartbreaking moment when you finish an amazing book, and you are forced to return to reality.”

“Christ is the Master; the Scriptures are only the servant. The true way to test all the Books is to see whether they work the will of Christ or not. No Book which does not preach Christ can be apostolic, though Peter or Paul were its author. And no Book which does preach Christ can fail to be apostolic, although Judas, Ananias, Pilate, or Herod were its author.”

“Sometimes a book isn't a heartbreaking work of staggering genius.Sometimes it's the only story you knew how to tell.”

“Not very good, I am afraid. But now really, do not you think Udolpho the nicest book in the world?""The nicest—by which I suppose you mean the neatest. That must depend upon the binding.”

“Life is a book and you are its author. You detemine its plot and pace and you--only you--turn its pages.”