“ The librarian was explaining the benefits of the Dewey decimal system to her junior--benefits that extended to every area of life. It was orderly, like the universe. It had logic. It was dependable. U… Jeanette Winterson
“ In the midst of a full-blown disaster – with the house apparently self-destructing around them – Lila was calmly filing her nails. Francine Pascal
“ [I]f he had to guess, he would say that the reason he doesn't want to loan the book out, to Ethan or anyone else, is because of the part of his personality that is one gigantic record-keeping system,… Kevin Brockmeier
“ Vesta was so good with paperwork – you could hand her a file of drab, seemingly dull information and she’d construct a story from it worthy of a novel. Sara Sheridan
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