One of the hand painted signs attached to the lending library in the Baxters front yard has written on it "Never Give Up, Never Surrender", a quote from "Galaxy Quest (1999)", which starred Tim Allen and it is a variation of the many speeches by Winston Churchill
Kristen is using Binford Tools, which is the brand used/promoted by Tim Allen 's character Tim Taylor on "Home Improvement (1991)"
The "Free Lending Library" is based on the real-life "Little Free Library" movement.
Quotes from Bronte novels:
- What tale do you best like to hear?
- Life is so constructed that the event does not, cannot, will not match the expectation.
- I wish I were a girl again, half-savage and hardy and free.