“The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives.”

“I learned from her that the people who said you only live once were not readers. As often as you open a book, you come to new places and live new lives.”

“It's amazing that a man who is dead can talk to people through these pages. As long as this books survives, his ideas live.”

“Please be a traveler, not a tourist. Try new things, meet new people, and look beyond what’s right in front of you. Those are the keys to understanding this amazing world we live in.”

“People who hate are boring. Love is where excitement lives.”

“A kid thinks her mother is just that -- hers. A mother is also a woman, an independent being, who doesn't want to be reminded by anyone, child or otherwise, of her tree-trunk thighs. The world made women's private lives a public affair to people who knew them and even people who didn't.”