The following quote from House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski was posted to literaryquotes and I like it so much I'm sharing it here: Quick note here: if this crush-slash-swooning stuff is hard for you to stomach; if you've never had a similar experience, then you should come to grips with the fact that you've got a TV dinner for a heart and might want to consider climbing inside a microwave and turning it on high for at least an hour, which if you do consider only goes to show what kind... read more