„One summer morning at sunrise a long time agoI met a little girl with a book under her arm.I asked her why she was out so early andshe answered that there were too many books andfar too little time. And there she was absolutely right.“

— Tove Jansson

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„She was a nice little girl, simple and true, and tremendously frightened of sex. I told her it was beautiful. I wanted to prove this to her. She let me prove it, but I was too impatient and proved nothing.“
— Jack Kerouac
„She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain“
— Louisa May Alcott
„Erlking,” I told her. “Big-time bad guy. Wants to eat me.”“Why?” she asked.“Well. I met him,” I said.“
— Jim Butcher
„If you ask your mother whether she knew about Peter Pan when she was a little girl she will say, "Why, of course, I did, child," and if you ask her whether he rode on a goat in those days she will say, "What a foolish question to ask; certainly he did."“
— J. M. Barrie
„She did not care very much for other little girls, but if she had plenty of books she could console herself.“
— Frances Hodgson Burnett
„Voodoo girlBut she knows she has a curse on her,a curse she cannot win.For if someone gets too close to her,the pins stick farther in.“
— Tim Burton