tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546017.post1820537851494502445..comments2023-12-22T10:17:24.280-05:00Comments on Bookpuddle: No AnswerCiprianohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00254338542624853230noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546017.post-21855952272437281432007-01-16T14:21:00.000-05:002007-01-16T14:21:00.000-05:00Wonderful quote.Wonderful quote.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546017.post-86940766181095071962007-01-15T21:15:00.000-05:002007-01-15T21:15:00.000-05:00Stefanie, the de Botton stuff is really good, I th...Stefanie, the de Botton stuff is really good, I think you will love it. But I know the exact phenomenon you are describing. Having the books. Wanting to read them. But also... <i>wanting</i> to want to read them.<br />Perhaps this is a bit of spin on that old maxim of C.S. Lewis's....<br /><b>"Our best havings are wantings."</b>Ciprianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00254338542624853230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546017.post-77205582154249335272007-01-15T14:45:00.000-05:002007-01-15T14:45:00.000-05:00Wow, you manage to see the most ineteresting scene...Wow, you manage to see the most ineteresting scenes Cip. I've got Botton's On Love but haven't read it yet. I also have The Consolation of Philosophy. I know I will like both but I don't want to read them as much as I want to read them. Because once I read them I will have read them and then will not be able to look forward to reading them. Sigh. Books are such complicated things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546017.post-3416722971229024362007-01-15T14:26:00.000-05:002007-01-15T14:26:00.000-05:00Wow. I'm dying to know what was behind all that......Wow. I'm dying to know what was behind all that... Why didn't you find out?! **laugh**Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com