Among Others

It doesn’t matter. I have books, new books, and I can bear anything as long as there are books

If you love books enough, books will love you back.

“Well, good luck.”
“Hot jets,” I replied.

“I found him. They used to call it elfshot. I don’t know if she made it happen.”

I have to have a book on how to overcome adversity give me Pollyanna over Judy Blume any day

Not exactly wrong, only I’m at the Old Hall convalescing and I thought of you and wanted to speak to you.”

platform. She looked—I don’t know. I don’t think she’s used to being thwarted.

“Bibliotropic,” Hugh said. “Like sunflowers are heliotropic, they naturally turn towards the sun. We naturally turn towards the bookshop.”

mostly wanted to talk about what an incredible range Silverberg has—well, he has.

people in books than the people I see every day. Sometimes Deirdre gets on my wick so much I want to be cruel to her, to call her Dreary the way everyone does, to yell at her that she’s stupid