The speed required by all moving visual media to simulate reality catches us up in the flow and even spoken words linger only a short time, leaving a feeling that soon mixes with our thoughts and vanishes. The printed word, however, is there. We can read it again and again, we can return to words already read, and see more. In this, print nurtures personal meaning. The heart of the gift of books can be found in communication that comes from varied and personal expression.
Books offer a potentially deeper expression than almost any other way of sharing.
Without this way to consider ourselves and feelings, we risk losing self-awareness. Without a grasp of subtle nuance, delicate sensitivity, quality and value, we may linger, hold back from our fullest potential. In H. G. Well s novel, The Time Machine, the main character returns to the future taking with him three books from his library in Victorian London to rebuild the world. A printed word is patient. A book never forces us.