Re: A nice memory

The Laughing Man (the_laughing_man@hotmail.com)
Tue, 30 Nov 1999 13:56:13 +0000 (GMT)

>From: "LR Pearson, Arts 99" <lp9616@bristol.ac.uk>
I bought Franny and Zooey with the vague intention of
>giving it to an old friend who I was due to visit.

>That evening, I bumped into a frined who I hadn't seen for about a
>year. One quiet drink turned into a whole evening, and we found
>ourselves dscussing major stuuf like philosophy and religion. At one
>point, I said, "Franny and Zooey just illustrates my point exactly". He
>had never read it so, hey presto! I pulled it out of my bag and
>presented it to him. It was so perfect, I had felt the overwhelming
>urge to buy that book - that particular book - and then the perfect
>person to read it materialised. He loved it.
>
>Just thought I'd tell that story since it came back to me all of a
>sudden.

A wonderful story, and the way it sometimes does work.
I have a friend who says that you should never lend out your favorite books, 
because either they don’t understand it, or they just love it and never 
return it. But you’ve found the cure: give ‘em away!

/TLM
Who thinks paperback truly is God’s gift to humanity. That and sunsets like 
today, where the sun has colored the distant clouds purple.

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