Farewell to Books

I have always loved and revered books, found libraries the most sacred and peaceful things in the universe since an early age. The aroma in a library, the fragrance of the old paper in a book, the beauty of its rugged spine... But one day, I sadly learned, as it just dawned on me tonight, you have to part with them... Another tragedy in life, parting from another amour... A time comes in your life you can no more open a book and find the answers. You have to find them yourself, at times by beginning new sciences or inventing new knowledge, while bearing the sorrow of parting from your old and the best friends, the books.