15 December 2023

In praise of books

Let books be your dining table,
And you shall be full of delights.
Let them be your mattress,
And you shall sleep restful nights. (St Ephrem the Syrian)

I love this quote – perhaps partly because I always have my head in a book and perhaps partly because, as a child, I used to sleep with two or three books under my pillow!

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