“I walked to the bookcase and examined the storybooks inside. As a girl, I had dreamed of having stacks of books at my disposal--stories to get lost in, other worlds to live in when mine was so bleak.”

“You can never play a part in life, especially not in love.”

“I've come to realize that you can fight a lot of things in life, but you can't help who you love. You can't change who your heart chooses. I'm afraid that very fact will be the greatest tragedy of my life.”

“All I hear is my own grating thoughts. Is there anything more horrid than being trapped inside yourself with nothing but your own insecurities.”

“We want the kind of love that sells movie tickets.”

“I walked to the bookcase and examined the storybooks inside. As a girl, I had dreamed of having stacks of books at my disposal--stories to get lost in, other worlds to live in when mine was so bleak.”

“The stars have their own language, you know. If you're careful, you can learn it.”

“What is childhood without stories? And how will children fall in love with stories without bookstores? You can't get that from a computer.”