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Somos como livros. A maioria das pessoas só vê a capa, a minoria só lê a introdução, muita gente acredita nas críticas. Poucos nos conhecem por dentro. A Bertrand tem o blogue Somos Livros , conceito que já foi uma revista.

«Quem move montanhas chateia o cartógrafo.» «Celui qui déplace des montagnes fais chier le cartographe.» "He who moves mountains pisses off the cartographer."

𝑨 𝑳𝒊𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒅𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒆́ 𝒅𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒎 𝒂 𝒅𝒂́ 𝒂𝒐𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒔, 𝒆 𝒏𝒂̃𝒐 𝒅𝒐𝒔 𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒎 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒂. - Salgueiro Maia  (A expressão que - acredito eu que - o Capitão faria perante esta actualidade de gente mole).

  "Crystals are living beings at the beginning of creation. All things have a frequency and a vibration." – Nikola Tesla  

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Como um Romance teve tradução do saudoso Francisco Paiva Boléo para as Edições ASA. Extrait de Comme un roman .  « Le droit de ne pas lire » . « Le droit de sauter des pages  » . Ce droit explique qu'un lecteur peut sauter des pages et le conseille même aux enfants pour qui les livres comme Moby Dick et autres classiques sont réputés inaccessibles de par leur longueur. Il mentionne qu'il a lu Guerre et Paix en sautant les trois quarts du livre. « Le droit de ne pas finir un livre  » . Daniel Pennac explique qu'il y a plusieurs raisons de ne pas aimer un livre et les énumère : le sentiment de déjà lu, une histoire qui ne nous retient pas, une désapprobation totale des thèses de l'auteur, un style qui hérisse le poil ou au contraire une absence d'écriture qui ne vient compenser aucune envie d'aller plus loin... L'auteur dit qu'il en existe 35 995 autres. Tout cela pour dire que l'on a tout à fait le droit de ne pas aimer le livre ou ...

 

After a weekend where the temperature here in Western Europe have fallen by 10 degrees C, for crying out loud!

 

From The Impossible Cool

This year, we celebrate World Philosophy Day immediately after International Day for Tolerance. This coincidence is deeply significant, given the link between tolerance and philosophy. Philosophy thrives on the understanding of, respect and consideration for the diversity of opinions, thoughts and cultures that enrich the way we live in the world. As with tolerance, philosophy is an art of living together, with due regard to rights and common values. It is the ability to see the world with a critical eye, aware of the viewpoints of others, strengthened by the freedom of thought, conscience and belief. For all these reasons, philosophy is more than an academic subject; it is a daily practice that helps people to live in a better, more humane way. Philosophical questioning is learned and honed from the youngest age, as an essential key to inspiring public debate and defending humanism, which is suffering the violence and tensions in the world. Philosophy...

"Men experience many passions in a lifetime. One passion drives away the one before it." Paul Newman. From The Impossible Cool  

We would be together and have our books and at night be warm in bed together with the windows open and the stars bright. —Ernest Hemingway. A Lighthouse of Quotes