I always knew that I loved books - the way they smell and how they feel beneath your fingertips. There is something to be said about holding a book that is quite possibly worth more than your entire life's wages. I am still beside myself that I got the opportunity to hold and caress the boards of a first edition Chaucer from 1542. As if that wasn't enough to, as a classmate said, have a "nerd-gasm", then 1 of the 5 remaining Shakespeare Folios is thrust into my lap. Multiple Nerd-gasms!! :)
What an amazing experience. I have already told all of the book lovers at my school about this amazing experience and am going to try to arrange a tour and presentation for all of us. It is one of those things that you can talk about but never really capture the actual amazement until you have seen it for yourself.
I found the whole experience to be unique. It is not often that you can hold a piece of history's finest in your hands. It was amazing to fondle a tiny piece of clay scribed in cuneiform from a time period predating anything I have read, or even the letters used to write them. There is a power in inspiration, a scent in the air, a crackle of lightning, a moment of ice water on a sleeping body,even in a "nerd-gasm."
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