Words worth keeping

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.

Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. When we consider a book, we mustn't ask ourselves what it says but what it means...

It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between.

My library is an archive of longings.

What she was finding also was how one book led to another, doors kept opening wherever she turned and the days weren't long enough for the reading she wanted to do.

A house without books is like a room without windows.

A word after a word after a word is power.

There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you.

She had always wanted words, she loved them; grew up on them. Words gave her clarity, brought reason, shape.

Crying is all right in its way while it lasts. But you have to stop sooner or later, and then you still have to decide what to do.

What is that you express in your eyes? It seems to me more than all the print I have read in my life.

She read books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live.

I cannot sleep unless I am surrounded by books.

A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.