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
Friday, April 5, 2019
Not just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue
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One of my favorite books! You should also enjoy its sequel, the Haunted Bookshop.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely like that one also! A quote from it will be coming next week! :-)
DeleteI just reread "Parnassus" and remembered why I enjoyed it so much. But I don't think that "The Haunted Bookshop" is quite as good because of the intrusion of politics.
ReplyDeleteI agree completely ... what I like in the Haunted Bookshop is the fervor of the advertising man. I can relate to that! :-)
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