Occasionally we may even write to - or about - the author to say what his books mean to us.

If a man says that a given book or movie means something to him, the woman should pay close attention.

The book meant something more than Once upon a time, he didn't doubt that for an instant.

"The book meant more to them than anything you can imagine."

Both the book and the movie deal with what it means to be human.

As he well knew, big books mean long labor.

"All things considered, what do these books, open on the table, mean to you?"

He told me her books meant a great deal to him.

This book, he said, "means more to me than the billions that I have made."

But the books can mean so much to the children left behind.