“Take no heed of her.... She reads a lot of books.”

“Her areas of expertise are bar codes, book titles and maps - she has an original Parker Brothers map of the world.”

“He was, after all, the ultimate rebel -- it takes a lot of cojones to stand up to Zeus.”

“Well, each interpretation of an event, setting or character is unique to each of those who read it because they clothe the author's description with the memory of their own experiences. Every character they read is actually a complex amalgam of people they've met, read or seen before - far more real than it can ever be just from the text on the page. Because every reader's experiences are different, each book is unique for each reader.”

“You see? I know where every single book used to be in the library.' She pointed to the shelf opposite. 'Over there was Catch-22, which was a hugely popular fishing book and one of a series, I believe.”

“Try to be pleasant to one another, get plenty of fresh air, read a good book now and then, depose your government when it suspends the free press, try to use the mechanism of the state to adjudicate fairly and employ diplomatic means wherever possible to avoid armed conflict.”

“There are a lot of idiots in this country, and they deserve representation as much as the next man.”