All the secrets of the world worth knowing are hiding in plain site.

I've never listened to an audiobook before, and I have to say it's a totally different experience. When you read a book, the story definitely takes place in your head. When you listen, it seems to happen in a little cloud all around it, like a fuzzy knit cap pulled down over your eyes

Your life must be an open city, with all sorts of ways to wander in.

... nothing lasts long. We all come to life and gather allies and build empires and die, all in a single moment - maybe a single pulse of some giant processor somewhere.

Are there sexual fetishes that involve books? There must be. I try not to imagine how they might work.

Our books still do not require batteries. But I am no fool. It is a slender advantage.

Why does the typical adventuring group consist of a wizard, a warrior, and a rogue, anyway? It should really be a wizard, a warrior, and a rich guy. Otherwise who's going to pay for all the swords and spells and hotel rooms?