This knowledge sits in my heart, heavy as a paperweight.

Grammar is the greatest joy in life, don't you find?

Morning is an important time of day, because how you spend your morning can often tell you what kind of day you are going to have.

I like to give people novels I think they would like, on no particular occasion - just when we're in a bookstore together. I like to receive reference books on my birthday.

Sometimes words are not enough.

When you start reading nonfiction books about piracy, you realize that it's actually just a history of desperate people.

Is it OK not to be a virgin, yes. Most people aren’t virgins, Min. That’s why there’s people to begin with.