One must always be careful of books...

"One must always be careful of books,” said Tessa,

“and what is inside them,
for words have the power to change us."

- Cassandra Clare (Clockwork Angel)

My greatest wish...

"My greatest wish - other than salvation  - was to have a book. A long book with a never-ending story. One I could read again and again, with new eyes and a fresh understanding each time." - Yann Martel (from " Life of Pi")

I wanted to tell...

"I wanted to tell the book thief many things, about beauty and brutality. But what could I tell her about those things that she didn’t already know? I wanted to explain that I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race-that rarely do I ever simply estimate it. I wanted to ask her how the same thing could be so ugly and so glorious, and its words and stories so damning and brilliant."

- from "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak

Words are like...

"words are like nets - we hope they'll cover what we mean, but we know they can't possibly hold that much joy, or grief, or wonder." — Jodi Picoult (Change of Heart)

A strong woman...

"I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man,

particularly if she happens to have love in her heart.

I guess a loving woman is indestructible."

- John Steinbeck (from book "East of Eden")

Some things...

"Some things don't last forever, but some things do.

Like a good song, or a good book,

or a good memory you can take out

and unfold in your darkest times,

pressing down on the corners and peering in close,

hoping you still recognize the person you see there."

— Sarah Dessen

The hardest thing...

Quote from: The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd.

(I really loved this book.)