Literate Elite Gifts

Night of the Living Well-Read

A is for App...B is for Blogger...C is for Celebrity.

"Tracey, this is Gene. He also read the Nancy Reagan book in unbound galleys."

'Greenwich in the Season'

"What's wrong, girl? Trouble? Rachel can't decide which private school to attend?" "Upper West Side Lassie"

"As you can see, I've learned the alphabet."

"You like it? It’s from the MoMA Store!"

'Oxford, Cambridge, Redbrick, Poly . . .'

"I preferred the graphic novel of the origin story of the original prequel."

“Don’t underestimate his lawyers. They went to Harvard.”

Geek wears T-shirt that points to his friend and says: 'I'm with someone who fails to grasp the key principles of modular representation theory.'

" will enver read that book, and I"m eagerly waiting to avoid the movie."

"I'd text you, but I haven't learnt to spell yet."

"One thing I'll say for us, Meyer--we never stooped to popularizing science."

Police Academy - Remedial Reading of Rights

"I live in the Brooklyn arrondissement."

'Narcissus goes courting'

"He's always, like, 'Oh, really? I went to school in Canis Major - well, not in Canis Major, but just outside Canis Major,' and it's like, we get it, you went to Blarvard."

No Presents Until Christmas Day

"Sorry, this is NOT a school, it is a university: we have an entrance exam..."

Wussapalooka

'Millionaires Club - Self-Made - Inherited'

Man is confused by a book titled '100 Piano Favorites'.

"I'm a voracious amasser of reading material."

"Guess who got into Hotchkiss!"

Newspaper Categories

Snobs club: Press 1 to speak to a somebody, press 2 to speak to a nobody.

'I'll show you mine if you show me yours.'

"What are you pretending to be absorbed in?"

We create an e-reader that shows the world your cover on the outside. It'll advertise your interests. Plus, it'll let us all make snap judgments about each other. We can walk by people, see what they're reading and think about how superior we are. You're salivating. Technology, personal judgment. Say no more.

"Your butler, your father and I are concerned that with grades like these, you'll just end up being part of the 99%."