“Women are books, and men the readers be, Who sometimes in those books erratas see; Yet oft the reader's raptured with each line, Fair print and paper, fraught with sense divine; Tho' some, neglectful, seldom care to read, And faithful wives no more than bibles heed. Are women books? says Hodge, then would mine were An Almanack, to change her every year.” MenYearsBookSometimesCareWomenLinesWifeMinesDivineReaderPaperFairsFaithfulPrintHeedFaithful Wife Book:Poor Richard's Almanack Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
“I wonder if I ever thought of an ideal reader... I guess when I was in my 20s and in New York and maybe even in my early 30s, I would write for my wife Janice... mainly for my poet friends and my wife, who was very smart about poetry.” IfsWritingWonderWifeNew YorkPoetReaderSmartIdealsMy WifeVery Smart Author:Kenneth Koch
“My wife is my first reader, my first line of defence I suppose. So she says, "Oh well, oh yes, it's all true." At the same time, I could have written much more about us, but I didn't want to go any further. I did cut things out. There are certain things that I wrote about her that are so gushing with praise and admiration that when I looked at those passages I realised they would be ridiculous to anybody else.” WantFirstsWellsWould BeCertainLinesCuttingWifeWrittenReaderPraiseMy WifeRidiculousAdmirationPassagesDefenceRealisedOh Well Author:Paul Auster