Child's Play

"I like the idea that every page in every book can have a gem on it. It's probably what I love most about writing--that words can be used in a way that's like a child playing in sandpit, rearranging things, swapping them around. They're the best moments in a day of writing--when an image appears that you didn't know would be there when you started work in the morning."
-Markus Zusack, author of The Book Thief