Ruled

[cbertsch]

People sometimes ask me why I don't write in my books. "I don't write in my books anymore," I tell them. This is why:

The underlining in red is from the fall of 1994. It postdates the underlining in black by several years. What you can't see here are the eraser marks that indicate where I erased a line for not being straight enough or a word for being too sloppily formed. Yes, "the distracted person, too, can form habits," particularly when those habits constitute the perfect distraction.

Comments

[jakemacalister.livejournal.com]

There are two books one should never write in: a library book or a book you borrow from a prof. If you borrow a book, it doesn't belong to you (although library books seem to belong to everyone). My dad is a professor and he hates it when he gets books back from students with markings. They used pen, as well.

[cbertsch.livejournal.com]

Evil!

[art-thirst.livejournal.com]

I mark lightly in books where I want to get a quote but, I never underline, not even my own books. I also erase my penciling of 'brackets'!