There was something appealing in thinking of a character with a secret life that her author knew nothing about. Slipping off while the author's back was turned, to find love in her own way. Showing up just in time to deliver the next bit of dialogue with an innocent face.

I thought there were moments to complain about your parents and moments to be grateful, and it was a shame to mix those moments up.

Arriving late was a way of saying that your own time was more valuable than the time of the person who waited for you.

Lots of people go mad in January. Not as many as in May, of course. Nor June. But January is your third most common month for madness.

Where you succeed will never matter so much as where you fail.

Pheromones are Earth's primordial idiom.

In general, librarians enjoyed special requests. A reference librarian is someone who likes the chase. When librarians read for pleasure, they often pick a good mystery.