A memorable commencement speech by author Kurt Vonnegut celebrates books and “the sweet reluctance of their pages when you turn them with your sensitive fingertips.” This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “The Sweet Reluctance of Pages”
Here’s a wonderful quote from the great Kurt Vonnegut.
In a commencement speech, he told students,
Don’t give up on books. They feel so good.
Their friendly heft, the sweet reluctance of their pages
When you turn them with your sensitive fingertips.
And Grant, I just love that description of the sweet reluctance
Of their pages. I know exactly what he’s talking about. Right. It’s if there’s something magnetic
Holding the pages together, particularly if you were the first to have read it. And even better,
If you have to cut the pages in an old style book, it’s all tactile, isn’t it?
Very, very sensuous. 877-929-9673.
