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Date Posted: Wed, August 17 2022, 22:54:01
Author: CindyG
Subject: QOTD for Thursday, August 18, 2022

The following quote is from Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 20, “I Bet You Think This Song is About You. . .” Copyright 2021 by Diana Gabaldon, all rights reserved.

“Jamie was in his study, enjoying his own solitude. I’d passed by, carrying my big basin of peanuts outside, and seen him leaning back in his chair, spectacles on his nose, deeply absorbed in Green Eggs and Ham.
I smiled at the thought, and pulled off the ribbon to loosen my hair so the cool breeze could blow through it.
We’d lost nearly all of our books in the fire that consumed the Big House, but were beginning to build up our tiny library again. Brianna’s contributions had nearly doubled it. Aside from the books she’d brought—and thought of my precious Merck Manual still gave me a small thrill of possession—we had Jamie’s small green Bible, a Latin grammar, The Complete Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (lacking a cover, but retaining most of its vivid illustrations), and Jonathan Swift’s Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships, plus the odd novel in French or English.”

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[> Is your theme books? It’s certainly made me think about how fortunate I am to live catty corner to a Library. -- Kathy in PA, Sun, August 21 2022, 15:28:10


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[> CindyG, you chose a great theme - the books within The Books. I love looking at my own bookshelves and seeing my collections residing there. It would be difficult to live in a time where books were not readily available, but they'd certainly be all the more treasured. -- DianaH, Mon, August 22 2022, 13:26:48


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