Come to a book as you would come to an unexplored land. Come without a map. Explore it, and draw your own map.... A book is like a pump. It gives nothing unless first you give to it.

“If you turned in a paper with writing on it, you were guaranteed a hook from Ja…”

“There was murder, there was rape, there were unspeakable practices, and all of …”

“Friendships founded on laughter are always fortuitous.”

“The crowd could not know that they were cheering but somehow they did, somehow …”