I loved the fact that I was suddenly no longer dependent on whether a store took out an ad in the right place, or on the word on the street.

Nothing’s changed. You’ll go home. You’ll be bored. You’ll be ignored. No one will listen to you, really listen to you. You’re too clever and too quiet for them to understand. They don’t even get your name right.

Make your mistakes, next year and forever.

Most people don't realize how important librarians are. I ran across a book recently which suggested that the peace and prosperity of a culture was solely related to how many librarians it contained. Possibly a slight overstatement. But a culture that doesn't value its librarians doesn't value ideas and without ideas, well, where are we?

Richard opened his hand, and the key stared up at him from his palm. "By my crooked teeth," asked Richard, remembering, "who am I?

You don't pass or fail at being a person, dear.

That's sexism, that is. Going around giving people girly presents just because they're a girl.