Friday, April 5, 2019

Not just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue

When you sell a man a book you don't sell just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life. Love and friendship and humour and ships at sea by night - there's all heaven and earth in a book, a real book I mean.
Christopher Morley, Parnassus on Wheels