Literature-loving Friend Mugs

Tiny Tim, who did not die, grows up to marry Little Nell, who did not die, either.

Mrs Gummidge casts a damp on our Departure

To sleep, perchance to wake up as a different person.

Anais Nin.

Marcel Proust

"Are you insane?!" The Velveteen Skunk

"That's the guy I hired to read Proust for me."

"Too bad about old Ainsworth. Published and published, but perished all the same."

Bob encounters one of the bugs in the Jean Paul Sartre fan website.

Blue Stockings - Woman revealing herself as author

'Peter the Flying Hippo is my favorite storybook character without any merchandising tie-ins.'

"After years of cartoon rejections, Bill stooped to trying a little shameless product placement."

"Would you like me to annotate that for you?"

The Ray Bradbury classic, 'The Car Alarm.'

"Meet The Author"

Academic Jeopardy ... 'What Was the Maiden Name of Dante Alighieri's Maternal Grandmother?'

Thomas Mann.

First Novels.

Victor Hugo

Accelerated reading. Slowpoke reading,

The DaVinci Code

'I didn't dedicate my book, A Lifetime of Wine Tasting, to my 3 ex-wives and nine kids, because they made it possible. I did it because they made it necessary.'

Mr. Metamorphosis: "At least this better than waking up as a cockroach."

'For those with books, open and follow along. For those with laptops, follow me on Twitter.'

The Dorrie Decimal System

Blue Stockings

Television Readers.

"Now I really hate poetry."

Jean-Paul Sartre

Kid in time-out writes 'it was the best of time out...'

'Look! The new long awaited, highly anticipated but ultimately disappointing novel by that guy you like.'

"Not to be a motion picture - will remain just a book'

'He likes to power nap.'

Voltaire

"No writers were harmed or mistreated in the preparation of this story."