There is nothing to be frightened of," said the Rajah. "Very few tigers are man-eaters."
"But I am," said the tiger.
"You might be lying," said the Rajah.
"I might be," said the tiger. "But I'm not.

“You can't trust other people. If it's important, you have to do it yourself.”

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“I still love the book-ness of books, the smell of books: I am a book fetishist—…”

“His name is Marcus: he is four and a half and possesses that deep gravity and s…”