But There's A Whole World Waiting, Still,

As A Shy, Introverted, Scholarly Child (long Ago) I Don't Know What I Would Have Done Without Libraries! My Family Moved Often. I Was Always The New Kid In Town. The Library Always Offered Me My First And Most Important Friendship: The Place Where I Felt Right At Home. I Still Feel That Way Today, About Libraries.

I Turn To Books For A Feeling Of Companionship: For Somebody Knowing What I Have Known.

It Was Almost December, And Jonas Was Beginning To Be Frightened.

But There's A Whole World Waiting, Still, And There Are Good Things In It.

You Will Be Faced, Now, With Pain Of A Magnitude That None Of Us Here Can Comprehend Because It Is Beyond Our Experience. The Receiver Himself Was Not Able To Describe It, Only To Remind Us That You Would Be Faced With It, That You Would Need Immense Courage.