“It’s funny how things seem different, suddenly.”— Kim Edwards Related Quotes “People read books to escape the uncertainties of life.”— Barbara Kingsolver “Breaking records is not something you expect to be doing. That’s like a sports thing, it’s not usually a comedy and writing thing.”– Louis C. K. “Evolutionarily speaking, there is seldom any mystery in why we seek the goals we seek — why, for example, people would rather make love with an attractive partner than get a slap on the belly with a wet fish.”— Steven Pinker