We Have Nothing To Give Them
I have sometimes dreamt that when the Day of Judgment dawns and
great conquerors and lawyers and statesmen come to receive their
rewards–their crowns, their laurels, their names carved
indelibly upon imperishable marble–the Almighty will turn to
Peter and will say, not without a certain envy when He sees us
coming with our books under our arms, "Look, these need no
reward. We have nothing to give them. They have loved reading."
– Virginia Woolf

November 7, 1964 - January 21, 2012