In addition to some previous aphorisms on books, here are some selections from a recent "Thoughts on the Business of Life" in Forbes:
The failure to read good books both enfeebles the vision and strengthens our most fatal tendency--the belief that the here and now is all there is.
--Allan Bloom
Where do I find the time for not reading so many books?
--Karl Kraus
The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it.
--Anthony Burgess
(Ouch!! -- HBF)
On reading while dining out: A book does not make bad jokes, drink too much or eat more than you can afford to pay for.
--Kenneth Turan
On editing: I always begin at the left with the opening word of the sentence and read toward the right and I recommend this method.
--James Thurber
Metchosin, Vancouver Island, August 2006
This is looking south over the Strait of Juan de Fuca in the late after noon. The sun is behind the camera. Why are the rays converging toward the horizon?
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