How do you explain to a nonreader that books aren't just things but treasured friends? Companions?
Daring ChloeProfessors of literature collect books the way a ship collects barnacles, without seeming effort.
Death in a Tenured PositionThe time spent rereading one book is one less new story I'll be exposed to in my life.
Diamonds in the RoughI'd rather have a book, but in a pinch I'll settle for a set of Water Pik instructions.
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader