"If books could be more, could show more, could own more, this book would have smells..." Tuning, p. 1

"If books could have more, give more, be more, show more, they would still need readers, who bring to them sound and smell and light and all the rest that can't be in books. The book needs you." Tuning, p. 3

"It's a time for everything to get soft and melty. And when it all starts to melt and get soft the smells come out." Spring, p. 7

"We call it the winter room because we spend the winter there." Spring, p. 12

"Summer starts slow. You don't really see the work coming. One day it's spring, soft and sticky and stinking and the hard part of winter is done and you walk around looking for something to do. The next day Father is taking the plowshares to town." Summer, p. 35

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