Most adults, unlike most children, understand the difference between a book that will hold them spellbound for a rainy Sunday afternoon and a book that will put them in touch with a part of themselves they didn't even know existed.
“A work-room should be like an old shoe; no matter how shabby, it's better than a new one.”
“The role of Italy and of Austria has diminished as has that of France and Britain; Germany and Japan have suffered catastrophically.”