Quote by Anne Fadiman

“They have started to arrive. An endless cascade of luxuriously quilted envelopes, thumping onto the doormat. The wedding invitations.”

— David Nicholls

“The most valuable gifts in life often arrive in very strange packages.”

— Tom Hoffman

“Once I got home, though, and saw several packages on my front porch, all the crap from the day disappeared. A few had smiley…

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

“I'd had enough surprises in the last few months to know that you don't always find the answers you're looking for without finding about…

— Liz Kessler

“You can walk through the grocery store and, while the brightly colored packaging and empty promises are still mesmerizing, you can see the products…

— Michael Moss

“Many of life’s transitions are marked by yard sales.”

— John Drake Robinson

“These boxes held only ashes of answers, and all their presence meant was more mysteries, and a worry that someday something else might explode.”

— Bliss Broyard

“I go through about half a dozen spiral notebooks a year. They are my friends, just like the to-do lists. They keep me organized.”

— David R. Wommack

“It was like removing layers of crumpled brown paper from an awkwardly shaped parcel, and revealing the attractive present which it contained.”

— Diana Athill

“I never heard of the person on this return address. Calvin Vinesett. What a name. He’s probably selling something, like all our other mail…

— Caroline B. Cooney

“We live in a world where strangers see your gifts and those who know you can't get past the box you originally arrived in.”

— Sanjo Jendayi

“At some point though I need to stop cataloguing them or I’ll never get this book finished.”

— Joe Cater