“A book is solitude, privacy; it is a way of holding the self apart from the crush of the outer world.” WorldWayBookSelfSolitudeCrushPrivacyOuter Worlds Book:The Gutenberg Elegies: The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Age Source: The Gutenberg Elegies: The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Age
“To achieve deep focus nowadays is also to have struck a blow against the dissipation of self; it is to have strengthened one's essential position [in life].” SelfFocusAchievePositionEssentialsBlowThriveHaving StrengthDissipation Author:Sven Birkerts
