“Think books aren't scary? Well, think about this: You can't spell "Book" without "Boo!”

“Nothin’s real scary except in books.”

“Everybody thinks I'm this delicate little girl. But you can't tell a book by it's cover.' To which she added a momentary smile.”

“The book to read is not the one that thinks for you but the one which makes you think.”

“What do I myself think of this particular book? I feel lousy about it, but I always feel lousy about my books.”

“No book can teach you about yourself, no psychologist, none of the professors or philosophers. What they can teach you is what they think you are or what they think you should be.”

“There was only one cadet I ever really hated. Just one name I can think of,' The Boo said. 'That'll make an interesting story for the book, Colonel. Who is the jerk?' I asked. 'It was you, Conroy. Just you. There was something about you that I hated when you first walked into fourth battalion, you worthless bum.”

“Thank God for books and music and things I can think about.”

“Lists of books we re-read and books we can't finish tell more about us than about the relative worth of the books themselves”

“Don't you think baby corns are scary? There's just something wrong about their midget bodies.”