“Every book is a world.”— Gabrielle Zevin Related Quotes “History is a burden. Stories can make us fly.”— Robin Hood Doctor Who 8×01 The Robots of Sherwood “I had never read a book written by an African-American. I didn’t know that black people could write books. I didn’t know that blacks had done any great things. I was always conscious of my inferiority and I always remembered my place – until the Civil Rights Movement came to the town where I was born and grew up.”— Endesha Ida Mae Holland “My number one fear is heights. Well, not so much the heights but the falling from heights. Actually the falling isn’t that bad (I have a strong heart), it’s the sudden stops that are painful. Believe me — I experienced it once.”— John Zakour