“There were two kinds of students who liked the library; those who devoured one book after another and those who savored the same book repeatedly. Some teachers saw the former readers as intrepid, the latter tentative, while Martha had held the view that old comforts, by encouraging patience prompted discoveries. Now, though, Martha understood those rereaders differently. Aware that she was about to behave uncharacteristically by climbing back under the quilt in midmorning, she realized it was not the rereading that led to fresh insights. It was the rereader -- because when a person is changing inside, there are inevitably new things to see.” (79-80)

“There were two kinds of hope: the kind you couldn’t do anything about and the kind you could. And even if the kind you could do something about wasn’t what you’d originally wanted, it was still worth doing. A rainy day is better than no day. A small happiness can make a big sadness less sad.” (313)

Simon, Rachel. The Story of Beautiful Girl. New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2011.