The Gathering Place: Got it

I got the book last night and have started reading. Erika told me that she is already done. Should we just post when we're finished? It's OK that we're not a structured book club, lol.

Reading is a Beautiful Thing!

When I look back, I am so impressed againwith the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today, trying to gain a sense ofmyself in the world, I would do that again by reading,just as I did when I was young.~ Maya Angelou ~

Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted;nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed,and some few to be chewed and digested:that is, some books are to be read only in parts,others to be read, but not curiously, and some fewto be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. ~ Francis Bacon ~

All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality -- the story of escape.It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape.~ Arthur Christopher Benson ~

Readers may be divided into four classes: 1.) Sponges, who absorb all that they read and return it in nearly the same state, only a little dirtied. 2.) Sand-glasses, who retain nothing and are content to getthrough a book for the sake of getting through the time. 3.) Strain-bags, who retain merely the dregs of what they read. 4.) Mogul diamonds, equally rare and valuable, who profit by what they read, and enable others to profit by it also. ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge ~

The Gathering Place

Saturday, June 14, 2008

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