Everyone else had the look of tired patience people always got when listening to a sermon, no matter what the century.

And kissed her for a hundred and sixty-nine years.

One of the nastier trends in library management in recent years is the notion that libraries should be 'responsive to their patrons'.

The amazing thing is that chaotic systems don't always stay chaotic," Ben said, leaning on the gate. "Sometimes they spontaneously reorganize themselves into an orderly structure." "They suddenly become less chaotic?" I said, wishing that would happen at HiTek. "No, that's the thing. They become more and more chaotic until they reach some sort of chaotic critical mass. When that happens, they spontaneously reorganize themselves at a higher equilibrium level. It's called self-organized criticality.

I watched the entire O.J. Simpson trial, and he was guilty.

It is my belief that everything you need to know about the world can be learned in a church choir.

To do something for someone or something you loved-England or Shakespeare or a dog or the Hodbins or history-wasn't a sacrifice at all. Even if it cost you your freedom, your life, your youth.