“I was an incredibly misanthrope. I couldn't relate to people my age, and I'm not sure why, as I wasn't particularly smart or interesting”

“Touch the sky of human imagination. Read fantasy.”

“A fantasy story is a vacation to another world for the price of a sandwich.”

“The principal: You're a smart girl, so I'm going to be blunt. I think you'd be a lot happier if you stopped acting so weird. Me: Who says I'm not happy?”

“And now I'm here for you, Megan. I am enchanted, as surely as if you were the goddess and I the mortal."-Owen”

“I couldn't take my eyes off him. Like a desert wanderer afraid of mirages, I gazed at my oasis, but he was real.”

“Being childless by choice doesn't mean you hate kids,' wrote Jodi. 'In fact, my friends' children are smart, funny, loving, interesting people who just happen to be kids.”