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Don't forget the coffee – say sixteen pots.

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“Have you ever passed the night in chokey, Jeeves?”

“No, sir. I have been fortunate in that respect.”

“It renders the appetite unusually keen. So rally round, if you don’t mind, and busy yourself with the skillet. We have eggs on the premises, I presume?”

“Yes, sir.”

“I shall need about fifty, fried, with perhaps the same number of pounds of bacon. Toast, also. Four loaves will probably be sufficient, but stand by to weigh in with more if necessary. And don’t forget the coffee — say sixteen pots.”

“Very good, sir.”

-From Bertie Wooster Sees It Through by P. G. Wodehouse

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George Saunders Quote

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“At the end of my life, I know I won’t be wishing I’d held more back, been less effusive, more often stood on ceremony, forgiven less, spent more days oblivious to the secret wishes and fears of the people around me. So what is stopping me from stepping outside my habitual crap?

My mind, my limited mind.”

-From The Braindead Megaphone by George Saunders

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Why I Love Children's literature

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A commenter on one of Mo Willems’s blog entries offers a quote that describes perfectly why I love children’s literature:

“I believe that a good children’s book should appeal to all people who have not completely lost their original joy and wonder in life. The fact is that I don’t make books for children at all. I make them for that part of us, of myself and of my friends, which has never changed, which is still a child.”

~Leo Lionni

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