Michelle

“Olive was all the best things: she was incredibly wrinkly and smelled like pipe tobacco and she had a sudden laugh that scared the spit out of you and she hated the computer, but she’d use it to search the ends of Susquehanna County for an interlibrary-loan copy of the book you wanted if Pratt Library didn’t have it on its shelves. Also, she used curse words.”
― Jon Cohen, Harry's Trees

“Get a book. Reading solves most things. Or at least assuages the heart.”
― Jon Cohen, Harry's Trees

“You can always count on a tree to get you through, Harry.” The old professor dabbed the sap onto his cut, and almost immediately, the slow bleeding stopped. “Pine sap is antiseptic, astringent, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial. Best damn Band-Aid in the world, Harry, remember that.”
― Jon Cohen, Harry's Trees

“Why did you wink at me?” he asked. She turned. “Because I love a good story.”
― Jon Cohen, Harry's Trees