That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit. – Amos Bronson Alcott Category: Reading
Footnotes are the finer-suckered surfaces that allow testicular paragraphs to hold fast to the wider reality of the library. – Nicholson Baker Category: Reading
The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure theyre going to have some pretty annoying virtues. – Elizabeth Taylor Category: Vices
No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library. – Samuel Johnson Category: Libraries
I hate being clean-shaven. My daughter gets very upset if I shave and says, Bring back the spikes, Dad. – Eric Bana Category: dad