“You'd be surprised how often you doubt your own sanity when you don't understand your own capacities.”

“You can't prevent what you can't predict.”

“Don’t let anyone set restrictions on your life...You chart the course of your own future, not anyone else. Don’t let people have such a power over you. Because if you’re always racing against their standards, then what’s the point of reaching a useless finish line?”

“If you’re looking for lollipops and rainbows while you shop for the latest best seller, you best not come to me. I won’t chat you up and tell you how cute your kid is. I won’t smile and flirt. I won’t stroke your ego about the jewelry you are wearing or the shirt you have on. I will help you find what you need. I will recommend books and hell I even talk about what I liked about one book over another but all that other shit is just not my thing.”

“I know you feel it, Alexis. You want me between your legs just as badly as I want to be there.”

“There's only one thing you can do: Toss your pebble in the river, watch it ripple, and know you have moved the ocean.”

“‘You and your creepy research, Mr. Clark.’‘It's what I do, Ms. Summers.’”