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Exaggeration is the octopus of the English language

These tears were difficult: they didn't want to come out and they didn't want to stay in.

There's a remarkable power about reading together, reading collectively, that's brought out by reading groups.

Though an angel should write, still 'tis devils must print

Porter Square Books was the only place I could find that was dog-friendly, work-friendly, and had food. I was there all the time.

It is not when a man is at the end of his life, but when a man is at the end of his profession, that his soul shows itself.

Before long, I had lost my youth and my patience for indulging others. Books were everything in life; books were better than wine.

What they don't realize is that sequels are bound to disappoint those who have waited for them.

If we think about what mystery entails as a genre, certainly a big part of it is a resolution.

When you ask one friend to dine, give him your best wine. When you ask two, the second best will do.

I prefer the society of one faithful person to an association of rapid talkers, who more than anything else seek admiration from one another.

And luckily I have enough in my head to balance what is wanting in my back.

Strangers talking over piles of books do not remain strangers for long.

Teacher, tender comrade, wife,
A fellow farer true through life,
Heart whole and soul free,
The August father gave to me.

Surprises, like misfortunes, seldom come alone.

'Pity without rigor would be cowardly egotism, mere sentimentality.'

One important idea I hope is reflected in 'The Poe Shadow' is that fiction can add as much to history as nonfiction does.

I love writing shorter fiction.

Beware the camel's nose - for its whole body will soon follow.

Remember that there are two things in this life that are never worth crying about: what can be cured and what cannot be cured.

The same thing as you, the same as she. The same as anyone who has ever been doubted or told to go away. To prove myself better.

One thing I incorporated in my novel 'The Poe Shadow' was the little-known fact that documents show Poe inherited a slave and decided to free him.

Unlike New York or Chicago, once you were inside Boston, any point in the city was fairly convenient to any other.

I had a dog named Oliver with severe separation anxiety. He couldn't be alone ... so I had to bring him wherever I went.

When it comes to referring to Dickens's life, performing plays with your nine children for friends and family during Christmas is Dickensian.

Why did nature not ask my advice about my features?

I still have my high school copy of the collected Poe - missing its covers and pretty worse for the wear.

Shakespeare brings us to know ourselves. Dante, with his dissection of all others, bids us to know one another.

believes the world is against him. Nothing

'Yes, we rather condemn people for eternity without the courtesy of informing them.'

It is my conviction that we make ourselves who we want to be and not chain ourselves to the notions of busybodies who wish to judge us.

You are always better off to read a book, anyway, than to meet the person behind it.

People hate the idea of politicians, you see, but love the idea of authors, at least until they meet one.

What's most explosive about historical fiction is to use the fictional elements to pressure the history to new insights.

We never like the smell of our own vices in other people, Holmes. Ah, let's steer here for a drink or two," Lowell suggested.

A man's library opens up his character to the world.

I do not seek the mantle of genius. I am an appreciator, an observer, a preposition, and content in that, and that's me in a nutshell.

He worshipped at the temple of her intellect and I believe it was a comfort to him to know that she left our world with it still shining.

He was outwardly calm but inwardly bleeding to death.

How odd it must be to go through life believing that a book is a book.

'Do not ask what brings Dante to man but what brings man to Dante-to personally enter his sphere, though it is forever severe and unforgiving.'

What's the use of having eyes if we can't see the world we pass through?

Romance is not an idea, but a moment. An unspoken glance when someone looks into your eyes and knows exactly who you are, what you need.