To quote my wise grandmother, "There's a difference between sentiment and sediment."
Ghavrel Send a noteboard - 29/10/2009 10:22:31 PM
I get attached to stuff. It's a personal failing.
You sound Buddhist, there. I admit some Buddhist philosophy has affected me. Removing attachments to the material world. And while the ideas in the books are not material, the books themselves are.
It's more of a problem in that I can create some superbly tangential connection between everything in my life, so I get attached even to junk.
I like the Buddhist bit, though. I'm going to act like that was my intent.
"We feel safe when we read what we recognise, what does not challenge our way of thinking.... a steady acceptance of pre-arranged patterns leads to the inability to question what we are told."
~Camilla
Ghavrel is Ghavrel is Ghavrel
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~Camilla
Ghavrel is Ghavrel is Ghavrel
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On possession of books.
29/10/2009 07:13:44 PM
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Re: <sings Madonna>
29/10/2009 08:06:13 PM
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My friends wanted to make a bonfire of my books last time I moved.
29/10/2009 09:10:16 PM
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No.
29/10/2009 09:28:11 PM
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i always keep the books i think are worth it
29/10/2009 09:38:38 PM
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If I kept the books I felt worth it, I would keep them all.
29/10/2009 09:46:57 PM
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yes but i have a habit of re-reading my books at some future point -- except the textbooks
29/10/2009 10:03:04 PM
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I'm at an interesting crossroads myself, now that I've got an eBook reader.
29/10/2009 09:56:19 PM
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A failing you say?
29/10/2009 10:07:34 PM
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To quote my wise grandmother, "There's a difference between sentiment and sediment."
29/10/2009 10:22:31 PM
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Re: On possession of books.
29/10/2009 09:59:04 PM
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I wouldn't worry.
29/10/2009 10:19:10 PM
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Ok. I won't worry.
30/10/2009 01:37:18 PM
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Are you truly trying to claim that none of the knowledge you've learned from your books
30/10/2009 02:51:35 PM
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I think you may have failed to read the original post or have misunderstood it
30/10/2009 03:00:48 PM
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no
30/10/2009 03:06:53 PM
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Re: On possession of books.
30/10/2009 01:05:25 PM
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People seem to lend books! I am in a distinct minority. I don't lend books. Or give them to people.
30/10/2009 01:46:25 PM
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Library donation is a good idea; you might check around with some local schools, too.
31/10/2009 02:49:48 PM
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