Perhaps for almost as long as I’ve been reading, certainly as long as I’ve been writing professionally, I have been an avid collector of quotations. In my reading, I have found so many people who said so many things on so many topics so much better than I could say them, that I quote them in my writing. It lends credibility where I might lack it, I guess. And those quotations say, in effect, “Don’t take just my word for it; look who else thought so. Here’s what they said abou

In lieu of my writing about a single topic for today’s blog, I decided to share a baker’s dozen (i.e., thirteen, for some people who might not be aware of the meaning of that adage) assorted quotations that have made me think over the past several months. I hope you enjoy at least one or two of them. If you do, please let me know. Maybe share one of your favorite quotations with me, and I’ll, in turn, share it with your fellow blog readers. Books and Reading “Books are the ca