You39;re a hopeless romantic, 34;said Faber. 34; It would be funnyif it were not serious. It39;s not books you need, it39;s some of thethings that once were in books. The same things could be in theparlor families today. The same infinite detail and awareness could be projected through the radios and televisions, but are not. No, no, it39;s not books at all you39;re looking for! Take it where you can find it, in old phonograph records, old motion pictures, andin old friends; look for it in nature and look for it in yourselfBooks were only one type of receptacle where we stored a lot ofthings we were afraid we micht forget. There is nothing magicalin them, at all. The magic is only in what books say, how theystitched the patches of the universe together into one garmentfor us. Of course you couldn39;t ...