The Best Plans Are Always The Simplest.

Do You Really Think You'd Win A Pr War Against A Bunch Of Committed Librarians?' He Thought About This, But He Knew I Was Right. The Libraries Were A Treasured Institution And So Central To Everyday Life That Government And Commerce Rarely Did Anything That Might Upset Them.some Say They Were More Powerful Than The Military, Or, If Not, They Were Certainly Quieter. As They Say: Don't Mess With Librarians. Only They Use A Stronger Word Than 'mess'.

Librarying Is A Harder Profession Than The Public Realizes, He Said. People Think It's All Rubber Stamps, Knowing That Dewey 521 Is Celestial Mechanics And Saying 'try Looking Under Fiction' Sixty Eight Times A Day.

What Is There To Forgive?. . .ignore Forgive And Concentrate On Living. Life For You Is Short; Far Too Short To Allow Small Jealousies To Infringe On The Happiness Which Can Be Yours Only For The Briefest Of Times.

Marriage, Like Spinach And Opera, Was Something I Had Never Thought I Would Like.

Maybe Those Sorts Of Yes-or-no Life-and-death Decisions Are Easier To Make Because They Are So Black And White. I Can Cope With Them Because It's Easier. Human Emotions, Well. . .they're Just A Fathomless Collection Of Grays And I Don't Do So Well On The Midtones.