The Moment A Book Is Lent I

Two People Making Love, She Once Said, Are Like One Drowned Person Resuscitating The Other.

There Are Few Things More Subtly Distressing Than An Inappropriate Gift From Someone Close To You.

The More I Like A Book, The More Reluctant I Am To Turn The Page. Lovers, Even Book Lovers, Tend To Cling. No One-night Stands Or "reads" For Them.

In An Age Like Ours, Which Is Not Given To Letter-writing, We Forget What An Important Part It Used To Play In People's Lives.

A Whole Generation Of Writers Dined Out On The Dialectic Between Original Cultures And Their Culture By "progress.