Printer’s ink has been running a race against gunpowder these many, many years. Ink is handicapped, in a way, because you can blow up a man with gunpowder in half a second, while it may take twenty years to blow him up with a book. But the gunpowder destroys itself along with its victim, while a book can keep on exploding for centuries. | |
― Christopher Morley | |
From his book: “The Haunted Bookshop“ | |
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On This Day In: | |
2013 | Anew |
2012 | Make Both |
2011 | Are You Happy Yet? |
Still Racing
September 19, 2014 by kmabarrett
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