“‎"Since I could only take six books per visit from the library, I had to time it right, or I'd be stuck on Sundays rereading the five Reader's Digest Condensed Books sitting on our red laquered living room shelf.”

“How could I sleep with a man I wasn't sure would attend my funeral?”

“I wanted to be with Drew every minute. I wanted to drink him, sleep him, and inhabit his body. I wanted to spend the day in his pocket.”

“Dying is easier than watching your children in pain.”

“Maybe when we recognize the trivial for what it is, we can concentrate on what we love most, what we most treasure.”

“No reader can fail to agree that the number of books she needs to read far exceeds her capacities, but when the passion for rereading kicks in, the faint guilt that therefore attends the indulgence only serves to intensify its sweetness.”

“Every door is a study in leaving.”