“Few things linger longer or become more indwelling than that feeling of both completion and emptiness when a great book ends. That the book accompanies the reader forever from that day forward is part of literature’s profligate generosity.”
Pat Conroy, from My Reading Life
Joseph E Bird 
April 30, 2016 at 3:07 pm
R.I.P. Pat. You’ve given me that feeling of fulfillment and emptiness more than once.
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April 30, 2016 at 3:14 pm
Another sign of a great book is the desire tp read it again.
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