Pat

“Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

“If the real world were a book, it would never find a publisher. Overlong, detailed to the point of distraction-and ultimately, without a major resolution.”
― Jasper Fforde, Something Rotten

“If you can't be seven feet tall, be seven feet smart.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Labyrinth