Do you remember the poem that your Mary wrote that I turned into a picture?
I printed a copy out a couple of years ago and I've kept it with me all this time. It's helped me through some rough patches. You helped me through some rough patches.
I see that you've asked almost everyone the same question, and it seems like they've all pretty much given you the same responses. I keep up with them from time to time. My lack of commenting is mostly because I don't have anything to say that hasn't already been said.
I've been told that his books end unhappily. I just hope he doesn't pull a Victor Hugo and have all the likeable characters die miserably while the boring or unlikeable ones live.