An old
edition of The Scarlet Letter recently came into my possession. It was
published by W.B. Conkey Company in Chicago and although there is no other
publication information (possibly pages are missing),...
"As soon as we express something, we devalue it strangely. We believe ourselves to have dived down into the depths of the abyss, and when we once again reach the surface, the drops of water on our pale fingertips no longer resemble the ocean from which they came...Nevertheless, the treasure shimmers in the darkness unchanged." ---Franz Kafka
