Just A Thought ~ BOOKS

“The book has been man’s greatest triumph. Seated in my library, I live in a time-machine. In an instant I can be transmitted to any era, any part of the world, even to outer space.

“I have lived in every period of history. I have listened to the Buddha speak, marched with Alexander, sailed with the Vikings, ridden in canoes with Polynesians. I have been at the courts of Queen Elizabeth and Louis XIV; I have been a friend to Captain Nemo and have sailed with Captain Bligh on the Bounty. I have walked in the agora with Socrates and Plato, and listened to Jesus deliver the Sermon on the Mount.

“Best of all, I can do it all again, at any time. The books are there. I have only to reach up and take them down to relive the moments I have loved.”

~ Louis L’Amour: The Sackett Companion ~