Monday, September 20, 2004


"Tis the good reader that makes the good book;
in every book he finds passages
which seem to be confidences or asides hidden
from all else and unmistakenly meant for his ear;
the profit of books is according
to the sensibility of the reader;
the profoundest thought or passion
sleeps as in mine,
until it is discovered by
an equal mind and heart."


Ralph Waldo Emerson