Nora Roberts

"...If I don't have twenty or thirty books right here, waiting to be read, I start jonesing. That's my compulsion."

"Not everyone who loves music can play the tune.Estelle."

"She walked with a ghost of herself, one full of potential and possibility. One who was fearless. Where had that girl gone?"

"Anything worth anything can be found in books."

"Don't give up on your own happy-evers."

"We all look. The lucky find. The wise accept."

"He wanted to be a poet,' someone else put in while Maggie hugged Tim and patted his back. 'Said he'd only lacked the words to be one."

"Change--savor the cool, fresh flavor of it."