“One sure window into a person's soul is his reading list”

“Disappointment to a noble soul is what cold water is to burning metal; it strengthens, tempers, intensifies, but never destroys it.”

“StarsWitness to vows unspoken-Dream's baubleShattered-(Not that it mattered)One moment's gladness-Madness?Even the blindFindStars in the dirt-”

“I read the way a person might swim, to save his or her life. I wrote that way too.”

“We never touch people so lightly that we do not leave a trace.”

“Maybe it explains the reason why one person likes another. It's because their souls both thrum at the same frequency.”

“The words and sentences you take into your body from books are no less sacred and healing than communion. Surely at least one such person lives in your zip code.”