I worked in a large suburban branch of a county library all through high school, and in a university library all through college, and a very small town library for a couple years just before moving to Savannah. In all three places I heard the same comment over and over again: "it must be great to work somewhere so quiet and calm".

Pinkie promise.

Cross my heart and hope to die, stick a needle in my eye.

That’s a piecrust promise.

Do you solemnly swear…?

Do you…? I do.

We make promises throughout our lives, to friends, family members, therapists, judges, spouses, neighbors, just about everyone with whom we enter relationships. Some of those promises are explicit and some are tacit but no less real.