“Write the book you've always wanted to read, but can't find on the shelf.”

“You could write a book about things that you can't find on-line.”

“Books are more real when you read them outside.”

“Do you know how some people can do anything?”“What do you mean?”“I mean, you tell them to write a tune, they give you a symphony right there. You tell them to write a book, they write you a novel in a day. You tell them to move a spoon without touching it, they move it. If they want something, they make it happen. Miracles, almost.”

“Then I picked my book back up again and stroked her hair and read to the soundtrack of her breaths.”

“Life was a cake that looked good on the bakery shelf but turned to sawdust and salt when I ate it.”

“I couldn't imagine anyone ever reading a book enough to make it look like that. It looked like it had been driven over by a school bus after someone had taken a bath with it.”