Desktop Meme

Except of course not a desktop meme for me, but rather a floor, chair, bed and desktop meme. So really an "any horizontal surface available for dumping items upon meme." My room's a mess.

Write a random phrase from each of the following:

Nearest book to you:
"But this constant feeling of being watched like a specimen. I feel like a germ on a grass slide under a microscope. I miss being unnoticed more than anything else. I know. I'm sorry. I don't mean to complain."
- Cages by Dave McKean.

Nearest cd insert:
DON'T be scared. After all, you purchased this record for a mere 19.99 plus tax. At the very least, the ideals you once subscribed to that cajoled you into buying this disc might eventually become a laughable memory. Always chasing the fleet foot of the past, are we? A nation under guaranteed overnight delivery, living in a dream of constant motion rounds the corner to the drugstore on main street for a bigger, sweeter, more cost efficient sucker for it to let dissolve in its mouth.
- The Big Fear by Common Rotation

Nearest piece of paper that you wrote on:
Definition: Say a divides b. Or a is a factor of b. Or a|b. (When an=b.) Here a, b, n are integers. E.g. 2|6 but not 2|7.
Trivial question: Given a, what b have a|b? (e.g. 2 divides 2, 4, 6, 8...)
Less trivial: Given b, what a divides it?
-my first notes from an Elementary Number Theory lecture.

Nearest piece that was written TO YOU:
Dear J. Best place we've stayed so far, everything really excellent. Stuck at the ferry terminal for crossing from South to North Island as the boat has broken down!! Off to our favourite resort just outside Wellington when we can get across the water. Love Mum and N.
- Postcard from parents holidaying in New Zealand