Day 4- a little bag of words ready to leave home
Very simple give for today- I decided that I will take a small stack of books down to the local charity store so they can find new homes (am just about to leave with them). Most of them have been sitting around for many, many years and I'm sure they could be having far more fun somewhere else.
And just so I can share their fun one last time, I am going to open one page of each book at random and then pick exactly two sentences to share here. Why?? Don't ask me, I really have no idea :))
Okay it's going to be random pages, so I'm not sure how this is going to work....brace yourself....(or not, as the case may be...:))
"Our grimaces are tightly wired to our expressive intent. When we talk on the telephone our facial expressions are not turned off just because the person at the other end cannot see them."
From Being Digital by Nicholas Negroponte:
"The whole of Einstein's life work was to show that what we perceive as hard matter is mostly empty space with a pattern of energy running through it. This includes ourselves."
The Celestine Prophesy
"In becoming fully human we are called to be individuals. We are called to be unique and different. We are called to power."
Meditations from the road by M Scott Peck
"Idi Amin was no doubt revelling in his role that afternoon. During the 1960s Uganda had enjoyed close relations with Israel, which shortly after the former gained independence in 1962, had begun providing military assistance."
Secret Soldiers by Petter Harclerode
"I'm numbed by medicine's sanctimony, appalled by its tenets. A drug for everything is madness."
Running from Safety by Richard Bach.
"We had spend the night less than one hundred feet from the edge of the trail that was being used by the North Vietnamese. The lance corporal had been right after all."
Force Recon Diary, 1969
"You grow old good elf," Wulfgar teased leaning back against the wall, the whiteness of a confident grin showing through his blond beard "We shall see. We shall see."
The Crystal Shard by R. A. Salvatore
And finally, from Sourcery by Terry Pratchett
"Everyone in the university seemed to be living in a dream, whereas the librarian wanted nothing more in the world than soft fruit, a regular supply of index cards and the opportunity, every month or so, to hop over the wall of the Patrician's private menagerie. It was strangely reassuring."
So there you go- I'm not sure if I empathise more with the people in the "library" or the "librarian", but I'm off to eat some soft fruit- and of course, to cart my books down to the shops.
And just so I can share their fun one last time, I am going to open one page of each book at random and then pick exactly two sentences to share here. Why?? Don't ask me, I really have no idea :))
Okay it's going to be random pages, so I'm not sure how this is going to work....brace yourself....(or not, as the case may be...:))
"Our grimaces are tightly wired to our expressive intent. When we talk on the telephone our facial expressions are not turned off just because the person at the other end cannot see them."
From Being Digital by Nicholas Negroponte:
"The whole of Einstein's life work was to show that what we perceive as hard matter is mostly empty space with a pattern of energy running through it. This includes ourselves."
The Celestine Prophesy
"In becoming fully human we are called to be individuals. We are called to be unique and different. We are called to power."
Meditations from the road by M Scott Peck
"Idi Amin was no doubt revelling in his role that afternoon. During the 1960s Uganda had enjoyed close relations with Israel, which shortly after the former gained independence in 1962, had begun providing military assistance."
Secret Soldiers by Petter Harclerode
"I'm numbed by medicine's sanctimony, appalled by its tenets. A drug for everything is madness."
Running from Safety by Richard Bach.
"We had spend the night less than one hundred feet from the edge of the trail that was being used by the North Vietnamese. The lance corporal had been right after all."
Force Recon Diary, 1969
"You grow old good elf," Wulfgar teased leaning back against the wall, the whiteness of a confident grin showing through his blond beard "We shall see. We shall see."
The Crystal Shard by R. A. Salvatore
And finally, from Sourcery by Terry Pratchett
"Everyone in the university seemed to be living in a dream, whereas the librarian wanted nothing more in the world than soft fruit, a regular supply of index cards and the opportunity, every month or so, to hop over the wall of the Patrician's private menagerie. It was strangely reassuring."
So there you go- I'm not sure if I empathise more with the people in the "library" or the "librarian", but I'm off to eat some soft fruit- and of course, to cart my books down to the shops.
Comment
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Comment by Dawn wwt on June 1, 2009 at 8:35am -
thanks for sharing words from your old friends! interestingly, i have read The Celestine Prophecy numerous times and don't remember the part about Einstein. i do have a habit of reading too fast, will have to watch for it next time i read it. it's one of the few books that i want to keep. most of the time, i give them to the library when i am finished , like you are doing. great give! Hugs, Dawn
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Comment by Elly Rose on June 1, 2009 at 8:30am -
A wonderful give today. Thanks for the random quotes. The Universe did well in leading you to the exact quotes that were needed.
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Comment by skay on June 1, 2009 at 7:48am -
What fun! Thanks for this day brightener!
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Comment by genuine, wwt, welcomer on June 1, 2009 at 4:50am -
"In becoming fully human we are called to be individuals. We are called to be unique and different. We are called to power."
Meditations from the road by M Scott Peck
I like this one. But did you realize that was actually three sentences?
I think I needed all three though.
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