I See All Of Them.

There's Much More. There's All That Goes Beyond – All ... That Is Elsewhere – And All That Goes Back, And Back, And Back. I Received All Of Those, When I Was Selected. And Here In This Room, All Alone, I Re-experience Them Again And Again. It Is How Wisdom Comes. And How We Shape Our Future.

Sometimes I Wish They'd Ask For My Wisdom More Often - There Are So Many Things I Could Tell Them; Things I Wish They Would Change. But They Don't Want Change. Life Here Is So Orderly, So Predictable - So Painless. It's What They've Chosen.

You Eat Canned Tuna Fish And You Absorb Protein. Then, If You're Lucky, Someone Give You Dover Sole And You Experience Nourishment. It's The Same With Books.

There Is Something About That Moment, When Literature Becomes Accessible, And A Door Of The World Opens.

If You Were To Be Lost In The River, Jonas, Your Memories Would Not Be Lost With You. Memories Are Forever.