Finders Keepers

There are none so blind as those who will not see,

For readers, one of life’s most electrifying discoveries is that they are readers—not just capable of doing it (which Morris already knew), but in love with it. Hopelessly. Head over heels. The first book that does that is never forgotten, and each page seems to bring a fresh revelation, one that burns and exalts: Yes! That’s how it is! Yes! I saw

the next time you peek up a woman’s skirt, you might remember something Mark Twain said: ‘Any idler in need of a haircut can look.’”