“The burning of a book is a sad, sad sight, for even though a book is nothing but ink and paper, it feels as if the ideas contained in the book are disappearing as the pages turn to ashes and the cover and binding--which is the term for the stitching and glue that holds the pages together--blacken and curl as the flames do their wicked work. When someone is burning a book, they are showing utter contempt for all of the thinking that produced its ideas, all of the labor that went into its words and sentences, and all of the trouble that befell the author . . .”
― The Penultimate Peril
― The Penultimate Peril
“I never want to be away from you again, except at work, in the restroom or when one of us is at a movie the other does not want to see.”
― The Beatrice Letters
― The Beatrice Letters
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