“I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow; but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.” — Agatha Christie
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Authors also create lovable, friendly characters, then proceed to do terrible things to them, like throw them in unsightly librarian-controlled dungeons. This makes readers feel hurt and worried for the characters. The simple truth is that authors like making people squirm. If this weren’t the case, all novels would be filled completely with cute bunnies having birthday parties.
Brandon Sanderson, Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians
“Library Walk” in NYC on East 41st St features 96 bronze sidewalk plaques that honor the NYPL Humanities and Social Sciences Library. You can see all 96 plaques HERE.
