No Utopia is Utopia for everyone

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Allegra's Austen wrote about the impact of financial need on the intimate lives of women. If she'd worked in a bookstore, Allegra would have shelved Austen in the horror section.