Monday, April 5, 2010

Library Instructions

To Find a Book:
  • As you walk in, skip the stairs. The stairs carry you to a world where choice have already been made, where favorites are placed in front. Skip them. You must delve directly into the heart.
  • The trick while wandering, dear reader, is to ignore the voices that everyone else hears. The trashy romance, the cliched mysteries, the naive slang of high school drama. Ignore it. Listen for a very different voice.
  • Wander into the very depths of the shelves, the untouched. The books have their own delicious smell, and your mind begins to ache with a hunger. These books, reader, have been forgotten, and are simply aching to pull you into their world.
  • If you close your eyes, and listen just right, you can hear them calling to you. Do not be afraid to run your fingers along their spines, to inhale, to sense them, to feel them.
  • If you feel you find one, you must pick it up, flip through it, take a taste of the language. If it doesn't suit you, move on. The best books taste delicious from the very beginning.
  • Most of all, remember this, dear reader. As you read it, you must take in every detail of it. Don't just read it.Enjoy it. Knowledge is the food of the mind.

2 comments:

say whatever strikes your fancy, but please, respectfully.