“She has wings and I do not. Have you known jealousy? That ache which seems so sweet, but pries with its little blades. The kiss is the keenest dagger.”
“Do you wish you hadn’t kissed her?”
“Would my life have been easier? I’d have pottered around my library perfectly contented till I died. But my heart would have never started beating. I can’t wish myself unborn. Now I am in the world and there are so steps backward, as I have learned on the journey.”
Solya nodded. “The first step onto a tightrope must carry you to the other side. There is no turning back.”
Michael Sauers is the Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
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