To stutter through it with you or even stop stuttering and say nothing, was so lucky and soft, better talk than mile-a-minute with anyone. After a few minutes we’d stop rattling, we’d adjust, we’d settle in, and the conversation would speed into the night.

Just about everybody has written a first novel that they throw away before writing their actual first novel.

Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.

You must be all a-tingle with excitement.' 'I guess so,' I said, but I did not feel a-tingle. I did not feel a-anything.

Blinded following the Blindfolded

If you like books with happy endings then put this book down immediately.

There are almost as many kinds of libraries as there are kinds of readers.