Most young dealers of the Silicon Chip Era regard a reference library as merely a waste of space. Old Timers on the West Coast seem to retain a fondness for reference books that goes beyond the practical. Everything there is to know about a given volume may be only a click away, but there are still a few of us who'd rather have the book than the click. A bookman's love of books is a love of books, not merely of the information in them.

The reason men are so awful is because some woman has spoiled them.

If a warrior lacked wisdom, courage alone would not keep him alive for long.

Uva uvum vivendo varia fit

People would be bored shitless if they had to love only the good in someone they care about.

Anyway, whacking a surly bartender ain't much of a crime.

A man that will go along with six killings is making his escape a little slow.