"Books may well be the only true magic."

"Sometimes the right thing feels all wrong until it is over and done with."

"It doesn't matter what people tell you. It doesn't matter what they might say. Sometimes you have to leave home. Sometimes, running away means you're headed in the exact right direction."

"My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage." - Aunt Frances"

"The moon is always jealous of the heat of the day, just as the sun always longs for something dark and deep."

"When I walk, I walk with you. Where I go, you're with me always."

"Every fairy tale had a bloody lining. Every one had teeth and claws."

"...he had a way of taking your hand which made it clear he'd have to be the one to let go." From Alice Hoffman's "Local Girls", pg.102."

"Trouble is just like love, after all; it comes in unannounced and takes over before you've had a chance to reconsider, or even to think."