Kate Atkinson

“Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant.”
― Mitchell Kapor

“Time is supposed to move forwards.'

'What if I don't like what happens?'

'Then...you change it.”
― Brian Selznick, The Marvels

“Personally, I felt pretty safe. Librarians are like priests. You can tell them you want information on just about any subject and they never look at you weird. It's like a rule or something. I figured even in a small town like this, my question wouldn't be the strangest one the librarian had heard. I didn't know if librarians had any sort of official privacy code, but I was counting on confidence. They're not big talkers. It comes from being forced to be quiet all the time.”
― Eileen Cook, Unraveling Isobel

“Laughing doesn’t make bad things worse any more than crying makes them better.”
― Ransom Riggs, Hollow City