Saturday, September 18, 2010

Card catalog porn

. . . at the Czech National Library:
The cards vary: some are white cardstock, some are a pale mint green, and others are onionskin. Some are typed, some are mimeographed, and some are handwritten. Each moves beneath the finger with a subtly different gravity. Some have the softened, yellowed edges of frequent fingering, while others exhibit the crisp, unsullied corners of a hidden treasure.
—Myla Goldberg, "Library, Interrupted", Time's Magpie: A Walk in Prague

I'm sure the green and purple jellyfish building would have been sexy, too.