International Book Week Meme

The fifth sentence on page 52 of the book closest to me:

We "knock at the gates" in the evening, we present our prayers and we conduct our self-examination during the day, and we anticipate that by evening we will have made our case, a case that is acceptable to both ourselves and to God.

(OK, the explanation: My nearest book was Machzor Eit Ratzon, a prayer book for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. It's still on my desk after Rosh Hashanah so I won't have to search for it for Yom Kippur next week. The text is from a discussion of one of the traditional prayers.)