
07-14-2005, 08:54 PM
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So the poor people around me have had to deal with me going on and on and on and on about this book I read that made me look at some things in a new light. I've rambled on incessantly and they've withstood my blabbering, thanks be to them.
I'm wondering if you have ever read something, anything, that had such a profound imapact on you. What was it and what did you get from it that made such a lasting impression on you?
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07-14-2005, 08:59 PM
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come on Lil... you gotta tell me which one you are reading...
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07-14-2005, 09:01 PM
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Yah, I'm curious to know as well what book this is that you've read. I feel like I'm at that point that I could use such a book, but when I walk into BN, I don't walk out with anything along that vein.
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07-14-2005, 09:02 PM
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oh like you have to drag it outta me.........
The Alchemist...it's just a tiny little fiction book (only 171 pages and required reading for my 14 year old) but it came to me when I needed the message it gives. Steph has a quote in her sig.
Got me thinking that surely you guys have read things that have made you feel the same.
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07-14-2005, 09:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Lilith
The Alchemist...it's just a tiny little fiction book (only 171 pages and required reading for my 14 year old) but it came to me when I needed the message it gives. Steph has a quote in her sig.
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D'oh! Had a quote! Murphy's Law -- just changed it! Lemme dig that quote up again, though:
"Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself," the alchemist replies. "And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second's encounter with God and with eternity."
Another book along the same vein is The Little Prince that suggests that adults should not only stop and smell the roses but should act like kids more. Loved it!
Some quotes from it:
Grown-ups like numbers. When you tell them about a new friend, they never ask questions about what really matters. They never ask: "What does his voice sound like?" "What games does he like best?" "Does he collect butterflies?". They ask: "How old is he?" "How many brothers does he have?" "How much does he weigh?" "How much money does his father make?" Only then do they think they know him.
If you tell grown-ups, "I saw a beautiful red brick house, with geraniums at the windows and doves on the roof...," they won't be able to imagine such a house. You have to tell them, "I saw a house worth a hundred thousand francs." Then they exclaim, "What a pretty house!"
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07-14-2005, 09:48 PM
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I really enjoyed "The Prophet" by Kahlil Gibron written in 1923.....powerful and mystical and awoke a spirituality within me.
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07-14-2005, 09:58 PM
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When I was in high school we read Anthem by Ayn Rand. I think I was the only one in the class who absolutely loved it - I cried soooo much reading that book... I was at a time when I really needed to learn to love myself, and Anthem taught me lots.
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07-15-2005, 11:14 PM
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I really enjoyed "The Prophet" by Kahlil Gibron written in 1923.....powerful and mystical and awoke a spirituality within me.
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I also like this book gets you thinking which is always good another book that did the same for me is "Siddartha"
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07-16-2005, 10:27 AM
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I don't recall any one book, or any other media, that has impacted me in such a fashion...more like I soak up info like a sponge, wring out the stuff that doesn't fit, finding tidbits of truth here & there that make up the whole garbled philosophy of the scotziphrenic mind...
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07-17-2005, 11:35 PM
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"Tuesdays With Morrie" -- I'd have to agree with LB It was required reading but i couldnt put it down read it once on my own time then chapter by chapter with the class. since high school i have only read it once more, but would like to buy it. though everytime i see it on the shelf i only have money for the two things i came to the store to get. like milk and cheese or the socks my son so desperately needed. (his were all too little after two months of Flip flops his fourth of july outfit just wouldnt accomadate flip flops had to buy him socks spur of the moment) His old ones were too small.
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