Ali Rowan

“Reading is primarily a symptom. Of a healthy imagination, of our interest in this and other worlds, of our ability to be still and quiet, of our ability to dream during daylight.”
― Mark Haddon, Stop What You're Doing and Read This!

“He's like a storybook spirit, a little djinn or something, except instead of air or water his element is imagination.”
― Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

“The space is appropriately shoe-boxy and all the shelves are there. I've set them up with a coordinate system, so my program can find aisle 3, shelf 13 all by itself. Simulated light from the simulated windows casts sharp-edged shadows through the simulated store. If this sounds impressive to you, you're over thirty.”
― Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

“When I was about eight, I decided that the most wonderful thing, next to a human being, was a book.”
― Margaret Walker