“I like books that aren’t just lovely but that have memories in themselves.”

I’ve always said, stuff the engagement ring! Just build me a really big library.

If you truly pour your heart into what you believe in, even if it makes you vulnerable, amazing things can and will happen.

The reality is that if we do nothing it will take 75 years, or for me to be nearly a hundred before women can expect to be paid the same as men for the same work.

Girls should never be afraid to be smart.

Don’t be ashamed if you don’t like what others pretend to love.

I can be 100 years old but I will always be proud to say I was in Harry Potter.

I’ve always been like that; I give 100 percent. I can’t do it any other way.

Men, I would like to take this opportunity to extend your formal invitation. Gender equality is your issue too.

If not me, who? If not now, when?

Sex & World Peace shows us how gender inequality is a form of violence that impacts everything from population growth to economies to regime type.

Violence against women and girls is one of the most serious human rights issues.

It’s important to read because it’s really good for your vocabulary.

Who here actually thinks I would do 50 Shades of Grey as a movie? Like really. For real. In real life.

I’m the worst liar ever.

Books are a friend, books are an escape, books are a means to empowerment and books are a means to understanding yourself better and in a world around you. They are everything.

Gender equality can only become a reality if we harness the transformative power of solidarity across professions and across borders.

I was quite a weird kid because I didn’t like getting presents. I don’t know why. I just went for books all the time.

Let us be very careful that we never exalt any minister, or sermon, or book, or friend above the Word of God.

Prayer needs neither learning, wisdom or book knowledge to begin it. It needs nothing but heart and will.

You really ought to read more books – you know, those things that look like blocks but come apart on one side.

I suppose books mean more than people to me anyway

The object of the Bible is not to tell how good men are, but how bad men can become good.

Many writers tend to write summing-up books at the end of their lives.

The Scriptures were not given to increase our knowledge, but to change our lives.