A Nonreader Is Somebody Standing

It's No Good Telling Somebody They're Trying Too Hard. It's Very Much Like Ordering A Child To Go Stand In A Corner For A Half Hour And Never Once Think About Elephants.

At Times It Seems As If Arranging To Have No Commitment Of Any Kind To Anyone Would Be A Special Freedom. But In Fact The Whole Idea Works In Reverse. The Most Deadly Commitment Of All Is To Be Committed Only To One's Self. Some Come To Realize This After They Are In The Nursing Home.

A Man With A Credit Card Is In Hock To His Own Image Of Himself.

A Nonreader Is Somebody Standing There In A Blindfold.

I Am Not Suited To The Role Of Going Around Selling The Life-can-be-beautiful Idea. It Can Be, Indeed. But You Don't Buy The Concept From Your Friendly Door-to-door Lecture Salesman.