An Alternate World

"Don't just stand there looking dejected, depressed, unable to get out of your own way."
" If you can't reach the light fixture do something creative."
" Pile up books that you no longer want and see if you can reach."
" Take care which books you choose. You don't want to stand on poetry books."
" Really, why are you elevating yourself on a three volume set of Ruskin?"
" Don't you have any respect for the past?"
" Select that shelf of speculative fiction. We're living it."