“A book, too, can be a star, ‘explosive material, capable of stirring up fresh life endlessly,’ a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.”
“There will no longer be so many pleasant things to look at if responsible people do not do something about the unpleasant ones.”
“To love is to be vulnerable; and it is only in vulnerability and risk—not safety and security—that we overcome darkness.”
“There’s nothing left except to try.”
