The Club of Compulsive Readers

Lector compulsivo es aquél que disfruta pasar horas en las librerías antiguas. Es aquél que lee lo que le caiga en las manos; el que siente que pecó si tuviera que tirar un libro destruído; aquél que los enmienda; el que los huele y evita la lectura en la computadora; el que tiene libros en el baño, bajo la cama, en la mesita de luz, la cocina, en cajas, en roperos, a tal punto que tiene que decidir entre donar libros, vender los muebles o echar a la familia....

Saturday, May 29, 2010

On Giving and Taking

Jesus at the Temple. Image from http://www.sevensorrows.com/

Once there lived a man who had a valley-ful of needles. And one day the mother of Jesus came to him and said: “Friend, my son’s garment is torn and I must needs mend it before he goeth to the temple. Wouldst thou not give me a needle?”

And he gave her not a needle, but he gave her a learned discourse on Giving and Taking to carry to her son before he should go to the Temple.

Kahlil Gibran, The Madman. His Parables and Poems. Page 20

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Saturday, May 29, 2010

On Giving and Taking

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