I feel a little whirl of dislocation -- the trademark sensation of the world being more closely knit together than you expected

I walk alone in the darkness and wonder how a person would begin to determine the circumference of the earth. I have no idea. I’d probably just google it.

When every single piece of media you consume is time-shifted, does that mean it's actually you that's time-shifted?

Let me give you some advice: make friends with a millionaire when he's a friendless sixth-grader.

He asked <...> Rosemary, why do you love books so much? And I said, Well, I don't know <...> I suppose I love them because they're quiet, and I can take them to the park.

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

The thinnest tendrils of dawn are creeping in from the east. People in New York are softly starting to tweet.