You can miss a lot by sticking to the point.

I'd rather have a book, but in a pinch I'll settle for a set of Water Pik instructions.

It is a grave error to assume that ice cream consumption requires hot weather.

If my father were still writing essays, every full-grown 'girl' would probably be transformed into a'woman'.

One of the convenient things about literature is that, despite copyrights [...] a book belongs to the reader as well as to the writer.

When I visit a new bookstore, I demand cleanliness, computer monitors, and rigorous alphabetization. When I visit a secondhand bookstore, I prefer indifferent housekeeping, sleeping cats, and sufficient organizational chaos.

I can think of few better ways to introduce a child to books than to let her stack them, upend them, rearrange them, and get her fingerprints all over them.