One sheds one's sicknesses in books - repeats and presents again one's emotions, to be master of them.

They lived freely among the students, they argued with the men over philosophical, sociological and artistic matters, they were just as good as the men themselves: only better, since they were women.

We are so overwhelmed with quantities of books, that we hardly realize any more that a book can be valuable, valuable like a jewel, or a lovely picture, into which you can look deeper and deeper and get a more profound experience very time. It is far, far better to read one book six times, at intervals, than to read six several books.

Men always do leave off really thinking, when the last bit of wild animal dies in them.

I hate the actor and audience business. An author should be in among the crowd, kicking their shins or cheering them on to some mischief or merriment.

My goal is to make sure (children's) books address a whole range of emotions, ... There are too many books that are too sweet, too saccharine. Everyone is happy, everything is good, everything is fine. And that's just not real life.