"Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes."
— Andy Warhol

"A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed with you."
— Daniel J. Boorstin

"Dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to Snape, and his eyes were full of tears.

'After all this time?'

'Always,' said Snape."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)

"Gin a body meet a body
Coming thro' the rye,
Gin a body kiss a body—
Need a body cry?"
— Robert Burns

"The reason a writer writes a book is to forget a book and the reason a reader reads one is to remember it. "
— Tom Wolfe

"Jack: Actually, I was found.
Lady Bracknell: Found?
Jack: Uh, yes, I was in... a handbag.
Lady Bracknell: A handbag?
Jack: Yes, it was...
[makes gestures]
Jack: an ordinary handbag."
— Oscar Wilde (The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Novel for Serious People)