I received gifts of books in the hospital and during my
recuperation. But I have come to learn
what Buber concluded when he grew older.
When in his youth he was asked which he
preferred, Buber thought he preferred books to people. Books are easy to handle, easy to open and to
close, to remove or place back on the shelves.
Books are manna from heaven, while humans are like hard, brown bread on
whose crust he breaks his teeth. But as
he grew older, Buber changed his mind.
“I knew nothing of books when I came forth from the womb of
my mother, and I shall die without books; I shall die with another human hand
in my own.” - Rabbi Harold Shulwies
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