"He spoke without a vestige of interest. I was impressed for the ten thousandth time by the fact that literature illuminates life only for those to whom books are a necessity. Books are unconvertible assets, to be passed on only to those who possess them already."
--Anthony Powell, The Valley of Bones, pp. 233-234.
In which Benjamin Chambers, the founding editor of The King's English, shares tasty tidbits from a lifetime of alert reading. Mostly literary but sometimes laughable or puzzling quotes, and any prose so gorgeous it stops the heart. To hire him as a writer or editor, visit him at Darn Write!
"He spoke without a vestige of interest. I was impressed for the ten thousandth time by the fact that literature illuminates life only for those to whom books are a necessity. Books are unconvertible assets, to be passed on only to those who possess them already."
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