The Sword and the Staff
'"The Sword and the Staff"' - An Arthurian novel written by Jeffrey Robbins, focusing on Merlin, inspired by the Scrolls of Merlin adventure.
The written word is all that stands between memory and oblivion. Without books as our anchors, we are cast adrift, neither teaching, nor learning. They are windows on the past, mirrors on the present, and prisms reflecting all possible futures. Books are lighthouses erected in the dark sea of time.