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Monday, January 21, 2013

I have always imagined paradise to be a kind of library.

~Jorge Luis Borges

Indeed.

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4 comments:

Elena said...: I really love this quote and the work by Borges. it's really peculiar, isn't it? :); January 21, 2013 at 7:28 AM
Trish said...: Yes, he's wonderful!; January 21, 2013 at 10:33 AM
Heidi’sbooks said...: I love the Austrian libraries!!!! I'm reading Jorge Luis Borges' Selected Poems, slowly. I've been reading through the translated poems over the past year. It'll probably take another year to get through them. He has an interesting philosophy.; January 22, 2013 at 11:24 AM
Trish said...: Heidi - they're beautiful, aren't they! So ornate. I don't think I would ever leave because after checking through all the books I would be inspecting all the carving and mural work. It's all quite incredible.; January 22, 2013 at 11:38 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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