“We've all done things we wish we hadn't, made choices we didn't even know were choices at that time. but that doesn't mean we have to stick by them. In life, you find out who you are gradually, not all at once. You made a bad choice, okay? But you can still get out of it.”

“we all get humiliated at some point or another during our lives. the trick is not to let it make you resentful or defeatist.”

“Libraries are like houses of worship: Whether or not you use them yourself, it's important to know that they are there. In many ways they define a society and the values of that society. Librarians to me are the keepers of the flame of knowledge. When I was growing up, the librarian in my local library looked like a meek little old lady, but after you spent some time with her, you realized she was Athena with a sword, a wise and wonderful repository of wisdom.”

“it's much more interesting to try and understand what binds two people together. why we stay with each other is much more of a mystery than why we don't.”

“i'm out to make difference in the world, to lead the way by giving much and giving often.”

“We have no choice. You need to go one direction and I need to go another. But we'll take the love with us. No one can ever take that away.”

“trouble with people is, they always think they have to talk.”