“The sincere love of books has nothing to do with cleverness or stupidity any more than any other sincere love. It is a quality of character, a freshness, a power of pleasure, a power of faith. A silly person may delight in reading masterpieces just as a silly person may delight in picking flowers. A fool may be in love with a poet as he may be in love with a woman.”
![“[T]he narrative intelligences of our books should leave us feeling a bit pressed intellectually, a bit outmatched, amazed ultimately by the talent of the author who brought such an exquisite intelligence to life.” (from article “From the Library of Your Soul-Mate: The Unique Social Bond of…” quote by Bryan Basamanowicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/183/bryan-basamanowicz-134918_book-bonding_t-he-narrative-intelligences-of-our-book_2310756.jpg)
