"An ordinary man can...surround himself with two thousand books...and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is possible to be happy."
-Augustine Birrell
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Book on my Radar this week:
In Pursuit of Silence: Listening for Meaning in a World of NoiseBy George Prochnik
Hardcover, 352 pages
Doubleday
Summary in a Sentence:
Investigates how modern society came to be so loud, explores what silence has to offer, and discusses the benefits of pursuing quiet.
5 comments:
I love the quote about two thousand books. Of course when I read it I immediately started calculating how long that many books would last me. :)
Wow, I really love that quote!
I was happy to see the image of the library at Trinity College, Dublin. I visited the library last year with my daughter and was overwhelmed with how wonderfully majestic that huge room really is. The image went perfectly with your quote :)
Love the quote and the pick of the library at Trinity!
Dorothy Parker was amazing. what a literary life. I'm also stealing that Hopper pic. Love it. And of course LOVE xxoo this weekly post!
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