bookish quotes

Aug 04, 2005 21:48

Flannery O'Connor, after visiting MSU in the mid-1950s: "I met some of the English faculty and they were a very disgruntled crew. They said their library was brand new and specialized in the second volumes of trilogies..."

Glad to know some things have improved.

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Why I'm glad I'm moving to Ukraine: "One eleventh-century text refers to the Rus [the people who settled Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus] as a people 'feasted to fulfillment on the sweetness of books'." If the trait carries on, I should fit right in.

books, ukraine, quotes, msu, flannery o'connor

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