A book no more contains reality than a clock contains time. A book may measure so-called reality as a clock measures so-called time; a book may create an illusion of reality as a clock creates an illusion of time; a book may be real, just as a clock ...
...it was my father who had taught me to love books for themselves, the smell of the vellum and paper, the rare authority of the pages. "Here, do you see this marvelous book, the skins of 182 sheep," he once pronounced as he slapped his hand down on ...
I found that I could not contemplate an adult life in which books were not dominant. I wanted to live and work with them...I had to be able to take books from their places, run my finger over their backs, see how they opened, flick their corners stra...
I believe in the magic of books. I believe that during certain periods in our lives we are drawn to particular books--whether it's strolling down the aisles of a bookshop with no idea whatsoever of what it is that we want to read and suddenly finding...
The road to a friend's house is never long.
There are simple remedies for sausages that are too long.
To a friend's house the road is never long.
There is bound to be a knot in a very long string.
Fair flowers do not remain long by the wayside.
So long as the belly is silent all whores are virgins.
The bridge between joy and sorrow is not long.
A gift long expected is sold, not given.
No road is too long in the company of a friend.
A turtle is not proud of his long neck.
Women have long skirts and short minds.
A day without bread lasts long.
An hour of pain is as long as a day of pleasure.
He that lives long suffers much.
Old sins cast long shadows.
Short judgments make long friends.
To see a friend no road is too long.
