Monday, January 18, 2010

Best of a book





“The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in the echoes of our hearts.”

--John Greenleaf Whittier

3 comments:

  1. I never would have thought of that, it makes perfect sense!

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  2. Thank you, ladies. I'm an "impressionist"--I always miss the trees for the forest--so this saying rings true to me as well.

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