'The Catcher in the Rye.' When I was a teenager, that was my book; yes, somebody gets it, somebody gets adolescence. — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
Really, being a librarian is a much more dangerous job than you realize. — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
“There are no girl books. There are no boy books. There are just books.” — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
When you live in Brooklyn, if you throw a rock, you'll hit a writer - Jonathan Safran Foer, Jonathan Lethem, Paul Auster. — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
Naming my favorite books feels like naming a favorite child - impossible. — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
“I am hard at work on the second draft ... Second draft is really a misnomer as there are a gazillion revisions,… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
I'm one of those people who has to write. If I don't write, I feel itchy and depressed and cranky. So everybody's… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
Pastoralia by George Saunders. Possibly my favorite book. Its one of the weirdest books Ive ever read. If Monty Python and Thomas… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
Clothing left on the bed unfolded. Books stained with coffee spots. Tabs not paid until the last possible second. Boys kissed and… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
Libraries are the torch of the world, illuminating the path when it feels too dark to see. We mustn't allow that torch… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
I was a big reader as a kid, but it was 'Charlotte's Web' that showed me you could feel as if you… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
Any book that can help you survive the slings and arrows of adolescence is a book to love for life; 'The Catcher… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
'Pastoralia' by George Saunders. Possibly my favorite book. It's one of the weirdest books I've ever read. If Monty Python and Thomas… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
What took you so long?” Will asked when Evie came panting into the room. He and Jericho had assembled a stack of… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
The library card is a passport to wonders and miracles, glimpses into other lives, religions, experiences, the hopes and dreams and strivings… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
We're all strangers connected by what we reveal, what we share, what we take away--our stories. I guess that's what I love… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
Books are, at their heart, dangerous. Yes, dangerous. Because they challenge us: our prejudices, our blind spots. They open us to new… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
“Libraries are a force for good. They wear capes. They fight evil. They don’t get upset when you don’t send them a… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
“There is much asked and only so much I think I can or should answer, and so, in this post I would… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
I thought research would be more glamorous, somehow. I'd give the librarian a secret code word and he'd give me the one… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
“I have never felt more ridiculous. If this is what it means to be a woman I am not the slightest bit interested.” — Libba Bray Copy Share
“The King of Crows raked his fingers across the dark until it bled. He licked the blood from his fingers with a forked tongue.… — Libba Bray Copy Share
It is how it has always been. We will accept the legacy of our ancestors,' Asha says, smiling, and in her smile I do… — Libba Bray Copy Share
“Spare a copper for our cause?" the girl with the coin cup asks, her voice weary. "I can spare more than that," I say.… — Libba Bray Copy Share
As one, they leap, laughing, and that is where we leave them - mouths open, arms spread wide, fingers splayed to take in the… — Libba Bray Copy Share
I am for hockey. I find I should like to hit something with a stick. -Gemma Doyle Trilogy — Libba Bray Copy Share
There are times when I wish I could go back and change the course of my life. Make different choices...But the past cannot be… — Libba Bray Copy Share
“Sexuality is not meant to be this way - an honest, consensual expression in which a girl might take an active role when she… — Libba Bray Copy Share
There is no greater power on this earth than story.” Will paced the length of the room. “People think boundaries and borders build nations.… — Libba Bray Copy Share
Heaven's brightest and best-loved angel, who was cast out for inspiring a rebellion against God. Having lost Heaven, Lucifer and his rebel angels vowed… — Libba Bray Copy Share
“The light is so bright it hurts my eyes. But I don't dare close them. I won't. Instead, I try to adjust to the… — Libba Bray Copy Share
“Miss Moore speaks slowly, deliberately. "I know because I read." She pulls back and stands, hands on hips, offering us a challenge. "May I… — Libba Bray Copy Share
“Duff's little moans traveled up her spine, made her head buzz. And another thought grabbed hold: She was doing this. She had the power… — Libba Bray Copy Share
