Gertrude, you are
honest.
I love you
I love your sentences
And sometimes you are
a paragraph.
I love you with my mind
(and secretly feel a good
deal of mystical
sentiments)
And I am grateful to
you because I am a
disciple, and disciples
are grateful.
You are snob, but you are
in love with the expression
of truth. And I love you.

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein

Thanks to Kristin, who says:
“I think your project is absolutely fantastic. I spend probably
too many hours searching through bookstores for good finds,
and end up buying plenty for just the inscription.

All of the books are from Dogstar Books in Lancaster, PA.”