He's got a reputation because he makes things humorous and funny and intriguing. When you're a librarian you don't have a whole lot of free time so I think people appreciate that his reviews are quick and to the point.

At first you want to have a reputation as being talented or funny or...you know...special. As you go through it you just the biggest compliment you can get is to be...to get recognized that you're a real pro and consummate professional.

He who laughs last ... just didn't get the joke.

For the hackneyed art of lying without injury to anyone, Rushbrook, to his shame, was proficient.

I never said nothing..."
"I know you never! I could hear you not saying anything! You've got the loudest silences I ever did hear from anyone who wasn't dead!

There was an edge to his expression, like he didn't trust anyone who was more attractive than he was.