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Librarians and the Karma Sutra

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Note Book

'Fyodor Dostoevsky sends weeks describing Alexy Karamazov's quest for a white whale, and then discards the entire chapter."

'Hard to follow...'

Guide reading book called 'A farewell to arms.'

"Now you're just being a jerk!"

Book Worm

"Out, damn'd Spot, out I say! Ha Ha Ha Ha!"

"See how it feels"

Happy New Year...we feel a little overtime won't hurt you.

'The most moving part, for me, is when they explain how to fuse the main pipe to the power hose.'

'Yes, that's our bathroom. We're a startup, so plumbing and running water is a luxury.'

"What a success! We've sold all our copies. You're a great team! Let's go for beer, pizza and crisps - my treat!"

Keats's heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains his sense.

'Good book?'

"Let's change table stakes to vacation days."

'You again? OK, pal... I'm deleting you and this time you're going to stay deleted!' ~ the screen saver of Dorian Gray.

Skywriter's Block

Meet The Ghostwriter

Scene from an early draft of Moby Dick

"I didn't learn anything in school today but I'll learn twice as much tomorrow."

Larry's Literary Market.

Hiker's right of way.

'I want something by Anais Nin... but not the naughty Anais Nin!'

'Oooh, man... I meant to express that as an interior monologue!' ~ Fred, left to his own literary devices.

'There's been no confirmation, but the possible merger of two giants has sent stock prices soaring.'

''IQ'? -- I thought this was a haiku test!'

"Your manuscript is utter trash, of course. How does a half-million first printing sound to you?"

William Blake.

"Books about unicorns? Fantasy section. Next to the biographies of honest politicians."

Pathology.

"No, it's great. I'm just saying 'The Gospel of St. Luke' is an ambitious title for a first-time self-publisher."

Software for the small businessman