tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13719433.post4044870113482981439..comments2024-02-07T01:54:33.381-08:00Comments on Blogs Away: A Deluge of WordsSubrotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09201941160294779130noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13719433.post-24225128669187652522014-12-04T19:37:36.540-08:002014-12-04T19:37:36.540-08:00Thanks Georgia.
“What is admirable about the fanta...Thanks Georgia.<br />“What is admirable about the fantastic is that there is no longer anything fantastic: there is only the real.” <br />― André BretonSubrotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09201941160294779130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13719433.post-23599312361485108942014-12-03T01:49:44.418-08:002014-12-03T01:49:44.418-08:00What a fantastic post ... well done!What a fantastic post ... well done!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13596079559559123392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13719433.post-8221183978813368952014-12-02T01:40:00.560-08:002014-12-02T01:40:00.560-08:00Thanks Susan. Whatever the cost of books, the lib...Thanks Susan. Whatever the cost of books, the libraries are priceless anyway. <br />“Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation.” <br />― Walter CronkiteSubrotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09201941160294779130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13719433.post-61353397916964503722014-12-01T12:47:31.279-08:002014-12-01T12:47:31.279-08:00Subroto, Good quotes. Looks like it's time to ...Subroto, Good quotes. Looks like it's time to tidy up. With a fine like that the library can buy another book. Well written. :) --- SusanP.S. Joshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05115966559427725610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13719433.post-11339491581255381862014-11-30T05:05:28.450-08:002014-11-30T05:05:28.450-08:00Thanks Lily, glad you liked it. Unfortunately the...Thanks Lily, glad you liked it. Unfortunately there was a 100 word limit, otherwise I would have added more.<br /><br />“The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.” <br />― Pablo PicassoSubrotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09201941160294779130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13719433.post-84752208914067900142014-11-30T04:58:58.451-08:002014-11-30T04:58:58.451-08:00Thanks Barb. I like quotes too.
“[A] quotation is...Thanks Barb. I like quotes too.<br />“[A] quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself, always a laborious business."<br /><br />(The Record Lie)” <br />― A.A. Milne, If I MaySubrotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09201941160294779130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13719433.post-66260739904695468242014-11-30T04:53:39.574-08:002014-11-30T04:53:39.574-08:00Thanks Margaret. Books are our friends :-)
“Ther...Thanks Margaret. Books are our friends :-)<br /> “There is no friend as loyal as a book.” <br />― Ernest HemingwaySubrotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09201941160294779130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13719433.post-35063326377611298722014-11-30T04:21:43.341-08:002014-11-30T04:21:43.341-08:00Thanks Rochelle. Words can take us places
“The bo...Thanks Rochelle. Words can take us places<br />“The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives. She went on olden-day sailing ships with Joseph Conrad. She went to Africa with Ernest Hemingway and to India with Rudyard Kipling. She travelled all over the world while sitting in her little room in an English village.” <br />― Roald Dahl, MatildaSubrotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09201941160294779130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13719433.post-63697352598433784692014-11-30T04:16:56.574-08:002014-11-30T04:16:56.574-08:00What can we do without words Randy?
“Words are, o...What can we do without words Randy?<br /><br />“Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.” <br />― Rudyard KiplingSubrotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09201941160294779130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13719433.post-29763074003281648452014-11-30T04:11:24.101-08:002014-11-30T04:11:24.101-08:00Thanks HA, I am glad you liked it.
“I have come to...Thanks HA, I am glad you liked it.<br />“I have come to realize that we are born and we die and that the word 'freedom' is a man's greatest lie.” <br />― Harley Mei KentSubrotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09201941160294779130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13719433.post-65661191668847258002014-11-30T04:03:53.285-08:002014-11-30T04:03:53.285-08:00Thanks Patric I think his conscience might require...Thanks Patric I think his conscience might require some fine tuning.<br />“Don't question your conscience so much--it will get out of tune like a strummed piano. Keep it for great occasions.” <br />― Henry JamesSubrotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09201941160294779130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13719433.post-7697588553782246422014-11-30T03:54:18.501-08:002014-11-30T03:54:18.501-08:00Thanks Caerlynn. Quotations are useful indeed, it...Thanks Caerlynn. Quotations are useful indeed, it has been said:<br />“Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.” <br />― Oscar WildeSubrotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09201941160294779130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13719433.post-4751631110849804582014-11-30T03:52:22.944-08:002014-11-30T03:52:22.944-08:00Thanks Sandra though it has been said that:
“A cle...Thanks Sandra though it has been said that:<br />“A clear conscience is the sure sign of a bad memory.” <br />― Mark TwainSubrotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09201941160294779130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13719433.post-44267196299764428602014-11-30T03:50:04.847-08:002014-11-30T03:50:04.847-08:00Thanks Björn, there is a quote about that too :-)
...Thanks Björn, there is a quote about that too :-)<br />“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” <br />― AristotleSubrotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09201941160294779130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13719433.post-89659233133443105392014-11-29T14:39:20.978-08:002014-11-29T14:39:20.978-08:00A deluge of sayings. I love them.
LilyA deluge of sayings. I love them. <br /><br />LilyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13719433.post-42343399962881438262014-11-28T09:38:37.552-08:002014-11-28T09:38:37.552-08:00Great quotes! Nicely done!Great quotes! Nicely done!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04036472765583037689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13719433.post-13225424960226512252014-11-28T00:10:35.058-08:002014-11-28T00:10:35.058-08:00Indeed, the books are not lost. They seem to have ...Indeed, the books are not lost. They seem to have a life of their own. Great story.margirenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11852245574666501383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13719433.post-89552365306333580822014-11-27T05:23:03.723-08:002014-11-27T05:23:03.723-08:00Dear Subroto,
If you're going to be hit with...Dear Subroto, <br /><br />If you're going to be hit with a deluge of words, those were some of the best. I like the way you wove them together. I always loved that line from The Wizard of Oz. <br /><br />Thank you for slipping in your favorite Beatles song. It's one of mine as well. <br /><br />Shalom,<br /><br />RochelleRochelle Wisoff-Fieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00090374697915874481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13719433.post-41704472539974141352014-11-26T16:59:01.696-08:002014-11-26T16:59:01.696-08:00the words remain with us long after the books leav...the words remain with us long after the books leave... RandyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13719433.post-11809377443976840102014-11-26T10:47:50.023-08:002014-11-26T10:47:50.023-08:00It is great that random quotations lead to the rea...It is great that random quotations lead to the realization. Well-penned. :-)<br />-HAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13719433.post-63381360059941504062014-11-26T08:13:52.564-08:002014-11-26T08:13:52.564-08:00Damn quotations. Always banging away at one's ...Damn quotations. Always banging away at one's conscience. About those books on my shelf, ... .Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11398961425718731382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13719433.post-3315353366686212772014-11-26T07:41:57.570-08:002014-11-26T07:41:57.570-08:00The power of a quotation! Well done.The power of a quotation! Well done.Caerlynn Nashhttp://www.penntonic.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13719433.post-25776629053634319082014-11-26T07:38:02.069-08:002014-11-26T07:38:02.069-08:00I think everybody probably has one library book so...I think everybody probably has one library book somewhere in their collection. It sounds as though your narrator has quite a few, not to mention a conscience. :)Sandra Crookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00534491053812317718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13719433.post-25955892766610615612014-11-26T06:12:33.782-08:002014-11-26T06:12:33.782-08:00So well used quotations.. a good thing it can brin...So well used quotations.. a good thing it can bring wisdom and realizations.brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.com