To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all. 

(~Oscar Wilde)

Reading one book is like eating one potato chip. 

(~Diane Duane)

Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly. 

(~Cornelia Funke)

It was one of those humid days when the atmosphere gets confused. Sitting on the porch, you could feel it: the air wishing it was water. 

(~Jeffrey Eugenides)

Why did you do all this for me?' he asked. 'I don't deserve it. I've never done anything for you.' 'You have been my friend,' replied Charlotte. 'That in itself is a tremendous thing. 
(~E.B. White, Charlotte's Web)

There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love. 

(~Christopher Morley)

Guerrillas of Grace

How shall I pray?

Are tears prayers, Lord?

Are screams prayers,

or groans

or sighs

or curses?

Can trembling hands be lifted to you,

or clenched fists

or the cold sweat that trickles down my back

or the cramps that knot my stomach?

Will you accept my prayers, Lord,

my real prayers,

rooted in the muck and mud and rock of my life,

and not just the pretty, cut-flower, gracefully arranged

bouquet of words?

Will you accept me, Lord,

as I really am,

messed up mixture of glory and grime?

(~Ted Loder)