I’m always in quest of the holy grail of books

~ Live & Learn

I’m always in quest of the holy grail of books, the perfect book that explains it all, the book whose beauty is as fierce as lightning and whose meaning points to true north, so I dip into thousands of books for a moment and note that this, too, is not it.

~ Rebecca Solnit, in “Rebecca Solnit: By the Book” (NY Times, August 16, 2018)

 

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19 thoughts on “I’m always in quest of the holy grail of books”

      1. It’s hard to pick up something after Aetherial Worlds, Tatyana Tolstaya.
        Especially the last chapter, what was it? The reverse side note from her father on a card he had sent her from Italy. Or, how she talked about Italy. The whole world talks about Italy, she talked about what the rest of the world would be without Italy. She’s a brilliant woman.

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        2. Sawsan; her book is on my wishlist. Not that ANYBODY E.V.E.R. Even knows about that list – it’s just there, waiting for the time when I can’t wait any longer…. It’s an expensive book over here.
          But NOW you MUST go back to reading. I couldn’t live 8 wks w/o reading. I would ressort to the telephone directory or else….

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  7. Gosh, I wish she would have tried the bible… Thank you Christie, I thought the same!
    I don’t really read the bible but IF I could only take ONE book on the famous island, it would be the bible.

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