“Maybe this is why we read, and why in moments of darkness we return to books: to find words for what we already know.”

“The words you can't find, you borrow.
We read to know we're not alone. We read because we are alone. We read and we are not alone.”

“Most of what makes a book 'good' is that we are reading it at the right moment for us.”

“We do not know why we are born into the world, but we can try to find out what sort of a world it is — at least in its physical aspects.”

“Life is boring. People are vengeful. Good things always end. We do so many things and we don’t know why, and if we do find out why, it’s decades later and knowing why doesn’t matter any more.”

“Each of my science books said, “This is why we think this; this is how we figured it out; and this is what we still don’t know.” That I can trust. And it inspires me to contribute. Conversely, religious books claim to already know everything we’ll ever need to know, even thought they never explained everything; and you’re forbidden to question them. Instead, you should believe them without suspicion and simply because they said so (even when they have already been proven wrong). This is why the word ‘confidence man’ describes a criminal swindler. Such people should not be trusted. When is it ever wise to believe someone without question?”

“Why is it we don't always recognize the moment when love begins, but we always know when it ends?”

“Why are we embarrassed by silence? What comfort do we find in all the noise?”

“Why is it only in darkness that we remember what sustained us even in the light?”

“The reason why we find so many dark places in the Bible is, for the most part, because there are so many dark places in our hearts.”