"When you open a book," the sentimental library posters said, "anything can happen." This was so. A book of fiction was a bomb. It was a land mine you wanted to go off. You wanted it to blow your whole day. Unfortunately, hundreds of thousands of books were duds. They had been rusting out of everyone's way for so long that they no longer worked. There was no way to distinguish the duds from the live mines except to throw yourself at them headlong, one by one. --Annie Dillard, An American Childhood

I would like to live to be a hunded because loving and being loved are so good and there are so many books; but were I to learn now that I had only a week left, I would finish today's spell of writing, have the cup of coffee that I crave and go on with the one book I'm reading. --John Tittensor, Year One: A Record

December 1, 2010

winner

Well, ang... It's you!

Comment #1 - Journal of Healing.

Thanks for the entries, everyone. I have added your faves to my reading list and look forward to enjoying them myself. You are all lovely for humoring me.
Long live the written word! --V
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4 comments:

  1. Journal of HealingDecember 1, 2010 at 8:07 PM

    REALLY!??!?!?!?!? I just screamed. :) YAAAAY. You have my address, right?

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  2. vera kateDecember 7, 2010 at 1:21 PM

    I think I still have the box from my teapot in the garage somewhere... But it might be helpful if you send me an email, since the garage is freezing! lol

    twirlkitten@yahoo.com

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  3. Journal of HealingJanuary 14, 2011 at 10:11 PM

    oh my...I didn't see this. Sorry you had to go out into a freezing garage!

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  4. vera kateJanuary 15, 2011 at 4:34 PM

    Haha! No worries.

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