Inspiration from Shakespeare and Glaspey

A brief update from me...if you aren't over at HeartThoughts taking part in all our literary discussions, you are more than welcome to jump in with us.

And just as a side note, King Lear is brilliant. Took an evening to plumb its depths and I found myself having to read certain portions aloud--you can't read Shakespeare silently! The words.... there are not many books that can be said to be truly beautiful but this is definitely one of them.

Some inspiration from Glaspey's A Passion for Books (itself an out-of-print treasure!):

A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say. - Italo Calvino

If the crowns of all the kingdoms of
Europe were laid down at my feet
in exchange for my books and
my love of reading, I
would spurn them all.
- Francis Fenelon

In a very real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read...It is not true that we can have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish. - S. I. Hayakawa