“To the stars who listen— and the dreams that are answered.”

“Libraries were full of ideas—perhaps the most dangerous and powerful of all weapons.”

“And I wondered if love was too weak a word for what he felt, what he’d done for me. For what I felt for him.”

“We all bear scars,... Mine just happen to be more visible than most.”

“No. I can survive well enough on my own— if given the proper reading material.”

“I'm not married,” he said softly, “because I can't stomach the idea of marrying a woman inferior to me in mind and spirit. It would mean the death of my soul.”