When the bright angel dominates, out comes a great work of a... - Madeleine L'Engle

"Death is contagious; it is contracted the moment we are conceived."

"A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe."

"Stories make us more alive, more human, more courageous, more loving."

"If it can be verified, we don't need faith... Faith is for that which lies on the other side of reason. Faith is what makes life bearable, with all its tragedies and ambiguities and sudden, startling joys."

"A book comes and says, 'Write me."