Past and present, it is all the same, books are necromancers, they exercise an influence more varied, more lasting, than any magic known to man.
Sacrifice is a form of bargaining.
Genius is intuition on fire.
Those who seek happiness miss it, and those who discuss it, lack it.
Genius is initiative on fire.
Book-love, I say again, lasts throughout life, it never flags or fails, but, like Beauty itself, is a joy forever.