from The Once and Future King by T. H. White
"The best thing for being sad," replied Merlyn, beginning to puff and blow, "is to learn something. That is the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil hordes, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for it then--to learn. Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting."
(jdk6, since our Book Conversation I have made it my mission to read as many of the books on your bookpile that I've not yet read as possible. So far I've done The World According to Garp and am 1/4 through The Once and Future King.)
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hey, so this blog is amazing. my days of reading the blogs of 19 year-olds is now over. i have become hooked on older women.
-Eli
Hi Katherine!
This is Adrienne Langlois from Area III and across the hall at GSW last summer. Recently I've been writing columns for the local newspaper, and the most recent one was on gay marriage. I thought you might be interested, so here is the link:
http://citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050602/OPINION03/50601017/1058/OPINION01
it's only good for 6 days, so if it doesn't work, email me at humble_al@msn.com and I'll send it to you!
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