An unread author is an author who is a victim of the worst kind of censorship, indifference - a censorship more effective than the Ecclesiastical Index.
Why would one ever be so insane as to ditch a perfectly beautiful metaphor? Cut back, of course, prune if you like, so that the best metaphors are clear and sparkling. But I will throw out unread the book that promises me no metaphors inside.
I've got 11 fly rods and a lot of unread books.
Read books are far less valuable than unread ones.
Redeem / The time. Redeem / The unread vision in the higher dream.