Jessica

“The desire for knowledge shapes a man.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“Maybe I'll just go ahead and buy her the Tufte book. I'll bring it wrapped in brown paper. Wait- is that weird? It's an expensive book. Maybe there's a low-key paperback edition. I could buy it on Amazon. That's stupid, I work at a bookstore. (Could Amazon ship it fast enough?)”
― Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

“I want to give a really BAD party. I mean it. I want to give a party where there’s a brawl and seductions and people going home with their feelings hurt and women passed out in the cabinet de toilette. You wait and see.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tender Is the Night

“He has the strangest expression on his face- the emotional equivalent of 404 PAGE NOT FOUND.”
― Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore