Tangled children

[pjthompson]

Random quote of the day:

“You send books out into the world and it’s very hard to shuck them out of the spirit.  They are tangled children, trying to make their way in spite of the handicaps you have imposed on them.  I would give a pretty to get them all back home and take one last good swing at every one of them.  Page by page.  Digging and cleaning, brushing and furbishing.  Tidying up.”

—John D. MacDonald, introduction to Stephen King’s Night Shift*

*No, I didn’t leave a word out.

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

Comments

[hominysnark.livejournal.com]

I sometimes think MacDonald's intro is my favorite part of Night Shift.

[pjthompson.livejournal.com]

It's a great essay.