One of my favorite books is a collection of speeches titled "Lend Me Your Ears". What I love is that it contains the ENTIRE speech, not just the commonly known sections. We think we know the speech that Martin Luther King, Jr. made, but there is so much more to it. And it is fabulous. I love it.
Hello. My name is Judy, and I am a book junky.
(hello, judy.)
So, imagine my surprise today when I found this 1940's copy of "The World's Great Letters". THGGM approved of it also. Well, maybe not the book, but the price didn't cause him any panic.
I have been carrying an index card in my purse for years. It's a list of books I am looking for. Some of them I have found, but when I found them I could not afford them. Others, I cannot even remember why it was I wanted them. But, I continue to carry the list, because, well, you never know.
These are those books:
"The Awakened Heart", by Gerald May
"Radical Optimism", by Beatrice Bruteau
"The Angel that Troubled the Waters & Other Plays", by Thornton Wilder
"Letters to a Young Poet", by Rainer Maria Rilke (this one i found, but didn't have the money. but hey! now that i think of it, i still have a barnes and noble gift card...)
"Diary of a Country Priest", by George Bernanos
I had some Thomas Merton and Henri Nouwen on the list, but I found those.
And. the worn out wrinkly old index card goes back into my purse for another day...
This quote is from George Bernanos:
"The horrors which we have seen, and the still greater horrors we shall presently see, are not signs that rebels, insubordinate, untamable people are increasing in number thoughout the world, but rather that there is a constant increase in the number of obedient, docile people."
And, from Rainer Maria Rilke:
"Turn therefore from the common themes to those which your everyday life affords; depict your sorrows and desires, your passing thoughts and belief in some kind of beauty - depict all that with heartfelt, quiet, humble sincerity and use to express yourself the things that surround you."
Oh, yes. I want their books.
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You might try Powell Books here in Portland. I've found several of my Gladys Taber books there thru the years. They have something like a million books in stock. Here's the link:
www.powellbooks.com
The first two books sound like real gems. I love reading other people's letters. For one of my son's history classes last year, the kids were required to memorize a famous speech. It was so great to sit and listen to Eleanor Roosevelt's words recited by a young woman. My son recited the speech given by Emporer H. (name is failing me) to the Japanese people when Japan was going to surrender to the U.S. in WWII. I learned so much, listening to those kids that day.
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