VS. 
A comment below my post on my intention to skim through the rest of At Swim-Two-Birds has brought me up short.
Here I was, railing against libraries that refuse free classics as inventory, and students who think skating is done in the classroom, and I was throwing in the towel when I got to some difficult reading.
I am properly chastised and repentant. I shall continue my journey through O’Brien’s labyrinth. Perhaps even my mind in its current state is more willing and able to care enough about literature and comprehending it than those who are younger and prefer picture books without depth.
The Lost Children: A Charity Anthology