Posted on Saturday, 18 February 2012

The meaning of books lies before them and not behind: it is in us. A book is not a ready-made, terminal meaning, a revelation which we must undergo and assume; it is a reservoir of forms which receive their meaning; it is what Borges has called the imminence of a revelation which does not occur; it is an asymptote.
Richard Howard, “A Consideration of the Writings of Emily Dickinson” (via invisiblestories)

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