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
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
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’ve been thinking about that book about the boys who crash on an island,” Mary Lou said to Adina one afternoon as… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
In them, she saw the sham of her life laid out like a book, the foolish belief that she, that anyone, could… — 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
'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
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
In books, the truth makes everything good and fine. The good prevail. The wicked are punished. There is happiness. But it's not… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
There in the city's steam-and-smoke-smudged harbor is the most extraordinary sight of all: a great copper-clad lady with a torch in one… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
I'd like to thank readers. Every time you open a book, it is a strike against ignorance. Unless you're reading Sarah Palin. — 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
'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
Reality is a state of mind. To the banker, the money in his ledger book is all very real, though he doesn't… — 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
There is a hideous invention called the Dewey Decimal System. And you have to look up your topic in books and newspapers.… — 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
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
I am for hockey. I find I should like to hit something with a stick. -Gemma Doyle Trilogy — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
