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 Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 8:49 am
Just because you get mad and stop reading doesn't change the way it ends.
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Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 12:00 pm
Okay...I'm a little confused, but here's a quote that comes in mind for me whenever I start reading an especially interesting book. Paraphrased a little because I don't remember the exact wording.
"I have been a swallower of lives; and to know me, just the one of me, you'll have to swallow the lot as well."
Maybe 'know' was 'understand'. (I wish I could be more exact!) Well, I think that came from a book by Salman Rushdie.
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Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 3:01 am
Rieluni Okay...I'm a little confused, but here's a quote that comes in mind for me whenever I start reading an especially interesting book. Paraphrased a little because I don't remember the exact wording. "I have been a swallower of lives; and to know me, just the one of me, you'll have to swallow the lot as well."Maybe 'know' was 'understand'. (I wish I could be more exact!) Well, I think that came from a book by Salman Rushdie. No, you got it right. The book it's from is called Midnight's Children. EXCELLENT BOOK. Though I think everything by Rushdie is amazing. ^_^
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Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 5:28 pm
Drowtung No, you got it right. The book it's from is called Midnight's Children. EXCELLENT BOOK. Though I think everything by Rushdie is amazing. ^_^ Oh, great, I was right! I tend to remember things incorrectly, so I was worried there. And I completely agree with your last statement. heart
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Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 9:45 pm
"And herein is exemplified the advantage which the love of books has over the other kinds of love. Women are by nature fickle, and so are men; their friendships are liable to dissipation at the merest provocation or the slightest pretext.
Not so, however, with books, for books cannot change. A thousand years hence they are what you find them to-day, speaking the same words, holding forth the same cheer, the same promise, the same comfort; always constant, laughing with those who laugh and weeping with those who weep."
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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 9:51 am
Space Case Asylum "And herein is exemplified the advantage which the love of books has over the other kinds of love. Women are by nature fickle, and so are men; their friendships are liable to dissipation at the merest provocation or the slightest pretext. Not so, however, with books, for books cannot change. A thousand years hence they are what you find them to-day, speaking the same words, holding forth the same cheer, the same promise, the same comfort; always constant, laughing with those who laugh and weeping with those who weep." I love this quote...where is it from?
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Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 6:18 pm
Just remember, Reading is a past time, not a lfiestyle. you need not freak out at a abd book, simply use it as a crime deterrent when needed.
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Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 8:33 pm
"I cannot live without books."
-Thomas Jefferson
Simple and to the point.
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Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 11:22 am
"If minds are truly alive they will seek out books, for books are the human race recounting its memorable experiences, confronting its problems, searching for solutions, drawing the blueprints of it futures." -Harry A. Overstreet.
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Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 10:12 pm
Here is one that really doesn't have to do with reading books, more of a lack of reading.
Bush, during national library month: "One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures."
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Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 2:24 pm
Jaconis Just remember, Reading is a past time, not a lfiestyle. you need not freak out at a abd book, simply use it as a crime deterrent when needed. Past time? I'd rather time not pass, but stay still so I could just keep reading without having to go to work. Haha.
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Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 8:11 pm
"When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than you did before."
~ Cliff Fadiman
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Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 11:19 pm
Cinema-Strange "And herein is exemplified the advantage which the love of books has over the other kinds of love. Women are by nature fickle, and so are men; their friendships are liable to dissipation at the merest provocation or the slightest pretext. Not so, however, with books, for books cannot change. A thousand years hence they are what you find them to-day, speaking the same words, holding forth the same cheer, the same promise, the same comfort; always constant, laughing with those who laugh and weeping with those who weep." Yay for google. http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/lit/shortstories/TheLoveAffairsofaBibliomaniac/chap1.html
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Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 1:16 pm
animegirl15 Just because you get mad and stop reading doesn't change the way it ends. that is so true i have read so many books that i refused to finished reading for a while because i didnt like the way they were heading
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Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 7:07 pm
*Chuckles* I'm kind of surprised no-one said this one allready - tis a commen saying, and it deals with books.
"Never judge a book by its cover"
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