Carrie

“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

“I don't hold with paddlin' with the occult," said Granny firmly. "Once you start paddlin' with the occult you start believing in spirits, and when you start believing in spirits you start believing in demons, and then before you know where you are you're believing in gods. And then you're in trouble."
"But all them things exist," said Nanny Ogg.
"That's no call to go around believing in them. It only encourages 'em.”
― Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies

“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“She is a girl and would not be afraid to walk the whole world with herself.”
― Lady Gregory, Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland