Literature is mostly about having sex and not much about having children. Life is the other way around. —DAVID LODGE, The British Museum is Falling Down All books areeither dreams or swords, You can cut, or you can drug, with words. —AMY LOWELL, “Sword Blades and Poppy Seeds” Literature is news that STAYS news. —EZRA POUND, ABC of Reading People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading. —LOGAN PEARSALL SMITH, Afterthoughts Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mighty bloodless