“Go with confidence. Prize tolerance and horse sense. And sometime, somewhere along the way, do something for your country.”
Commencement speech words of author David McCullough
Books are beyond words. They are a port in a storm, sea spray to the face, illuminating sunshine, clouded landscapes. They are: “That’s so true”; “I never thought of it that way”; “This scares the shit out of me”; “Who would do that?”; “That makes me sad.” They are accomplishments, riddles, something to conquer, something to surrender to, an invitation, a warning, a confession, a time, a place, a figment of your imagination, a happy ending, an extended middle finger. They are where you look for things you didn’t know before.