Thursday 30 July 2015

Pearls of Reading Wisdom From Bacon

Some books are to be tasted, others swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.---Francis Bacon.

I COULDN'T AGREE MORE! What kind of book are you reading or writing today?

Saturday 25 July 2015

Pearls from Emerson's Thoughts On Readers

'Tis the good reader that makes the good book; in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from all else and unmistakably meant for his ear; the profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader; the profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine, until it is discovered by an equal mind and heart. —Emerson
I READ THIS LAST NIGHT. HAVE YOU EVER HEARD ANYTHING SO TRUE OR BEAUTIFULLY PUT?