The Moment A Book Is Lent I

I Feel About Lending A Book The Way Most Fathers Feel About Their Daughters Living With A Man Out Of Wedlock.

In An Age Like Ours, Which Is Not Given To Letter-writing, We Forget What An Important Part It Used To Play In People's Lives.

To Be Misunderstood Can Be The Writer's Punishment For Having Disturbed The Reader's Peace. The Greater The Disturbance, The Greater The Possibility Of Misunderstanding.

A Book Is Meant Not Only To Be Read, But To Haunt You, To Importune You Like A Lover Or A Parent, To Be In Your Teeth Like A Piece Of Gristle.

A Bookcase Is As Good As A View, As Much Of A Panorama As The Sight Of A City Or A River. There Are Dawns And Sunsets In Books - Storms And Zephyrs.