“To make a library It takes two volumes And a fire. Two volumes and a fire, And interest. The interest alone will do If logs are few.” IfsTwoInterestFireLibraryVolume Book:The Rest of My Life Source: The Rest of My Life
“how could advice be successful? If it turns out right, the adviser is ignored and the advisee takes all the credit. If it proves mistaken, the adviser receives all the blame.” IfsTurnsSuccessfulAdviceProveBlameCreditBeing SuccessfulIgnoredMistakenAdviser Book:The Rest of My Life Source: The Rest of My Life
“I have always hated biography, and more especially, autobiography. If biography, the writer invariably finds it necessary to plaster the subject with praises, flattery and adulation and to invest him with all the Christian graces. If autobiography, the same plan is followed, but the writer apologizes for it.” IfsChristianGracePlansSubjectsPraiseHatedApologizingAutobiographyBiographiesFlatteryAdulationPlastersGrace Christian Book:The Rest of My Life Source: The Rest of My Life
“I don't care very much for literary shrines and hauntsI knew a woman in London who boasted that she had lodgings from the windows of which she could throw a stone into Carlyle's yard. And when I said, "Why throw a stone into Carlyle's yard?" she looked at me as if I were an imbecile and changed the subject.” IfsSaidCareLiteratureSubjectsChangedTravelStonesWindowDon't CareLondonI Don't CareYardsShrinesImbeciles Author:Carolyn Wells
“To take pride in a library kills it. Then, its motive power shifts over to the critical if admiring visitor, and apologies are necessary and acceptable and the fat is in the fire.” IfsFirePrideLibraryCriticalFatsMotiveAcceptableApologyVisitorsAdmiring Book:The Rest of My Life Source: The Rest of My Life
“It is the interest one takes in books that makes a library. And if a library have interest it is; if not, it isn't.” IfsBookInterestLibrary Book:The Rest of My Life Source: The Rest of My Life
