Whatever I may venture to say about how important books are to my life, it would always be an understatement.

Books have been my friends, my guides, my teachers, my angels, my demons, my windows to disparate worlds, my security blankets, my visions of lives gone by, my monuments of what could have been, and my beacons of what may yet...more »

Whatever I may venture to say about how important books are to my life, it would always be an understatement.

Books have been my friends, my guides, my teachers, my angels, my demons, my windows to disparate worlds, my security blankets, my visions of lives gone by, my monuments of what could have been, and my beacons of what may yet come.

And for everyone who asks, "YES, I HAVE read all the books on my shelf..."

...Oh, OK, I don't have much of a social life.... « less