"Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow."
— Mark Twain

"A book is more than the sum of its materials. It is an artifact of the human mind and hand."
— Geraldine Brooks (People of the Book)

"You're the oddest person I've ever met, you couldn't get rid of me if you tried."
— Audrey Niffenegger (Her Fearful Symmetry)