A book will find you when you need it most and show you what you want to know at the exact pace you’re able to absorb the words.

There’s an intimacy to a book that we can’t get from a movie or a TV show, no matter how true it is — even in 3-D, in the highest of high def. You can’t hold a movie with both hands. You can’t smell it or put your initials on it or underline your favorite parts. You can’t read the names of other people who checked it out of the library, fellow detectives on the trail of life. You can’t pass it on to your own kids.

A movie lets you watch; a book invites you in. A much-loved one might even fall open to your favorite page. A book will find you when you need it most and show you what you want to know at the exact pace you’re able to absorb the words. It has a strong spine and a sturdy binding.  Elizabeth Egan