Quotes. Why are they so popular? What is it about quotes that humans are so attracted to? Quotes preface chapters in books. They are painted on the walls of our schools. We frame them and hang them in our homes. We send them to each other in cards and letters. They grace the halls of our work areas and are etched into our headstones when we die. Why do people like quotes? The best answer to this question was awarded to Alema Pequoia who said, "Because they precisely and definitively express what we know, recognize, feel, believe, think, accept, imagine, hope, fear, desire, acknowledge, and/or have experienced. It is a recognizable life truth." What are quotes anyway? How can the simple organization of a few words have such impact? A recent tour of the Library of Congress revealed numerous quotes from the great books of all time written over the windows and doors of the upper floor. It was a pleasure to read all the quotes so carefully placed. Certainly, quotes have be