With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but no one at all - can tell you what to read and when and how.
The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eighty years. Your body changes, but you don't change at all.
What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.
With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but no one at all - can tell you what to read and when and how.
The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eighty years. Your body changes, but you don't change at all.
