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Sunday, July 8, 2012

And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected.
John Steinbeck, East of Eden

3 comments:

laughingwolf said...: well said, john...; July 8, 2012 at 3:44 PM
Trish said...: This should be posted in every school.; July 9, 2012 at 7:17 AM
Darlyn (Your Move, Dickens) said...: I have a copy of East of Eden in my TBR pile, and this quote makes me want to read it even more.; July 9, 2012 at 10:03 AM

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Guerrilla Reading

Turn off the TV

Turn off the computer

Turn off the game console

Always have a book with you to read ~

~before going to sleep

~before getting up

~in the bathtub

~while waiting for your ride

~while on the bus/train/plane

~while dinner is cooking

~while exercising (audiobooks!)

~while driving (ditto)

~while waiting for an appointment

~while baby is napping

~after kids are in bed

~with kids

~to kids

~while eating lunch

~while eating breakfast

~at the cottage (dock, hammock, screen porch)

~while walking

~while waiting for kids in the mom & dad taxi

~on a park bench

~instead of housework

~in the bathroom

~while on hold on the phone

~on the porch with a cocktail

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