I was finally able to borrow a book from the library. It had been checked out for a while, and I wondered who the previous reader was. Then I realized that borrowing books from the library isn't the same as it used to be. Or is it?

I have this vague memory where books had little pockets in the front/back cover, and these pockets contained sturdy pieces of stamped paper that kept track of when the books were due and who borrowed them.

Now everything's stored on the computer.

"It is a well-established maxim that what costs most is, and ought to be, valued most."
-Walter Starkie's translation of "Don Quixote de la Mancha" by Miguel Cervantes

By grades and stars is my price rated
At times on sale or oft-inflated
But what I'm worth is what I cost
No less the debt paid by Your cross