“It was just like in her books, but better, amplified, because it was her heart and her breath and it was real.”
“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.”
“Tears flooded her eyes and her heart beat heavily, but she knew it would be all right, because she knew that in the end the kind of power that was in these Books would never let her down.”
“...looking at him makes her feel like laughing all over - as if she could laugh not just with her mouth but with her eyes, her heart, her very limbs.”
“Books liked her. Books wanted to look after her.”
“A woman’s body doesn’t quit just because her heart breaks.”