Surprise is where creativity comes in.
Teachers are to inspire; librarians are to fulfill.
Looking back over a lifetime, you see that love was the answer to everything.
The purpose of fiction is not to nail you to the ground as facts do, but to take you to the edge of the cliff and kick you off so you build your wings on the way down.
Those who don't build must burn. It's as old as history and juvenile delinquents.
God, how we get our fingers in each other's clay. That's friendship, each playing the potter to see what shapes we can make of each other.