We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for ours to amuse them. — Evelyn Waugh. British writer and journalist (1903–1966)
I do not believe the expenditure of $2.50 for a book entitles the purchaser to the personal friendship of the author.
It is a curious thing... that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste.