(6 quotes found)
“The high-ceilinged rooms, the little balconies, alcoves, nooks and angles all suggest sanctuary, escape, creature comfort. The reader, the scholar, the browser, the borrower is king.”
David McCord
“By and by God caught his eye.”
“A pedestrian is a man in danger of his life. A walker is a man in possession of his soul.”
“Metaphorically these essays move as a quiet but observant coast-guard cutter among the rocks and islands up and down the littoral of our life.”
“A handful of sand is an anthology of the universe”
“There was a need for it. I talked to my wife . . . This community has been good to us, and we're happy to give as much as we can.”
