Reading Is At The Beginning Of The

Slothful, Feeble, Pretentious, Pedantic, Elitist - These Are Some Of The Epithets That Eventually Become Associated With The Absent Minded Scholar, The Poor Sighted Reader, The Book Worm, The Nerd.

Not Until I Came To Canada Did I Realize That Snow Was A Four-letter Word.

Reality Deals In Specifics Under The Guise Of Generalities. Literature Does The Contrary.

I Had A Library Of Maybe 1,000 Books In My Room In Buenos Aires. I Did Have The Sense That Everything There Was Organised In The Right Way. You'll Probably Think I Needed Serious Psychiatric Treatment, But There Were Times When I Would Not Buy A Book Because I Knew It Wouldn't Fit One Of The Categories Into Which I Had Divided The Library.

A Society Can Exist - Many Do Exist - Without Writing, But No Society Can Exist Without Reading.