“Crystal then read the red sticker out loud, "Dangerous, do not open." We both stared at each other for a moment. I was trying to figure out why a dumb book about power was dangerous”

“Each time I read a book, I cataloged the parts that struck me dumb with envy and admiration for their beauty and power and truth.”

“I believe in the absolute and unlimited liberty of reading. I believe in wandering through the stacks and picking out the first thing that strikes me. I believe in choosing books based on the dust jacket. I believe in reading books because others dislike them or find them dangerous. I believe in choosing the hardest book imaginable. I believe in reading up on what others have to say about this difficult book and then making up my own mind. - Rick Moody”

“Axl and I came from completely different backgrounds. Because of that we made an interesting pair trying to figure each other out.”

“We stared at each other across a narrow space that was full of danger, that almost seemed to roar, like flame.‘Come,’ he said.”

“Sometimes he tried too hard to make sense of the world, to figure out why people were bad to each other so often.”