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I Don't See How Being Married Could Be Any Worse Than Listening To You Talk For Twenty Years, But That Still Ain't Much Of A Recommendation For It.

For The Past Several Centuries The Bonding Power Of The Family Dinner Table Has Been One Of The Few Constants, And Now It's Binding No More. The Potency Of The Media Is Now Stronger Than That Of The Family. The Wonder Is That Families Still Exist At All, Since The Forces Of Modern Life Mainly All Pull People Away From A Family Centered Way Of Life.

I'm Glad I've Been Wrong Enough To Keep In Practice. . . You Can't Avoid It, You've Got To Learn To Handle It. If You Only Come Face To Face With Your Own Mistakes Once Or Twice In Your Life It's Bound To Be Extra Painful. I Face Mine Every Day--that Way They Ain't Usually Much Worse Than A Dry Shave.

Most Young Dealers Of The Silicon Chip Era Regard A Reference Library As Merely A Waste Of Space. Old Timers On The West Coast Seem To Retain A Fondness For Reference Books That Goes Beyond The Practical. Everything There Is To Know About A Given Volume May Be Only A Click Away, But There Are Still A Few Of Us Who'd Rather Have The Book Than The Click. A Bookman's Love Of Books Is A Love Of Books, Not Merely Of The Information In Them.

Books Can Accommodate The Proximity Of Computers But It Doesn't Seem To Work The Other Way Around. Computers Now Literally Drive Out Books From The Place That Should, By Definition, Be Books' Own Home: The Library.