“[A young adult novel] ends not with happily ever after, but at a new beginning, with the sense of a lot of life yet to be lived.”
“Because nobody but a reader ever became a writer.”
“We write by the light of every story we have ever read. ”
“...they'd just tell you to turn the other cheek, wouldn't they?...Trouble is, Mrs. Dowdel observed, after you've turned the other cheek four times, you run out of cheeks.”
“Anyone who thinks small towns are friendlier than big cities lives in a big city.”
“I read.. because one life is not enough”
“I read because one life isn't enough. ”