But what I hope for from a book – either one that I write or one that I read – is transparency. I want the story to shine through. I dont want to think of the writer. – Anne Tyler
“Hear! hear!” screamed the jay from a neighboring tree, where I had heard a tittering for some time, “winter has a concentrated and nutty kernel, if you know where to look for it.” – Henry David Thoreau, 28 November 1858 journal entry
