In books lies the soul of the whole Past Time: the articulate audible voice of the Past, when the body and material substance of it has altogether vanished like a dream. – Thomas Carlyle
I put the copy of A Christmas Carol that my grandfather had first read to me 60 years ago on my desk, and I began to write. The result, for better or for worse, is the Christmas Spirits. I plan to read it to my grandson. – Whitley Strieber
People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates. – Thomas Szasz, “Personal Conduct,” The Second Sin, 1973
Shutting yourself in the wardrobe until the window cleaner has finished and left. – Rob Temple, @SoVeryBritish (Very British Problems: Making Life Awkward for Ourse
