Best book dedication you ever read?
I was wondering if you guys are ever eager to look at a book's dedication, like I am - and, if so, what was the best one you ever read. I think there is something loving and intimate in the act of dedicating a book to someone.
I remember the dedication of a book by Manuel Talens, "Hijas de Eva" ("Daughters of Eve"), which said something like this:
"They say that dedicating a book is one of the most exquisite acts of love one can perform. I would argue that it is even more beautiful to dedicate this one to you without saying your name" (I don't have it before me, so I'm quoting from memory here).
There are others I loved, but I'll try to get the books and transcribe them (as well as this one) literally.
Lewis for pure heart melting!
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis!
To Lucy Barfield
My Dear Lucy,
I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had not realized that girls grow quicker than books. As a result you are already too old for fairy tales, and by the time it is printed and bound you will be older still. But some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again. You can then take it down from some upper shelf, dust it, and tell me what you think of it. I shall probably be too deaf to hear, and too old to understand, a word you say, but I shall still be
your affectionate Godfather,
C.S. Lewis
