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“What happens when people open their hearts?"
"They get better.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

“I write to discover what I know.”
― Flannery O'Connor

“I was busy perusing the suicide notes and waiting for Belvedere's water to finish its treatment when I heard a thud from Cookie's office. Then a mousy squeak. The a throaty moan.

"Cookie," I said, wiggling my fingers at Belvedere to get him acquainted to with our strange ways, "are you masturbating?"

"No, I got a paper cut."

Oh, I didn't see that coming.”
― Darynda Jones, Seventh Grave and No Body

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero