I don’t think people realise how vital libraries are or what a colossal danger it would be if we were to lose any more. Having had a truncated school life myself, all of my education from the age of 17 has been self-taught. I wouldn’t be the person I am today if it wasn’t for the opportunities the library gave me.

Heard joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain. Doctor says, "Treatment is simple. Great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go and see him. That should pick you up." Man bursts into tears. Says, "But doctor...I am Pagliacci.

Happiness is the most insidious prison of all.

Who imprisoned me here? Who keeps me here? Who can release me? Who's controlling and constraining my life except...me?

They say that life's a game, & then they take the board away.

Nothing's that simple, not even things that are simply awful.

In the human mind, the number of possible connections that can be made between neurons greatly exceeds the number of atoms in the universe.