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[wispfox]

aelisdeliria lent me a book, called _Welcome to the Ark_, by Stephanie S. Tolan. It's... captivating. I _must_ own this book.

The reason I'm writing right now is a quote which I had to share...

"How smart do you feel?"
"Comparatively?"
"No. Just you yourself. How smart do you really feel?"
"Truth?"
"Of course, truth!"
"I've spent my whole life trying not to know how scary it was to have people call me the smartest kid in the world. Because I don't know anything."


*shiver* Yeah. Not to that degree, but yeah.

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Re: not very smart?

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

*eats your brains*

Re: not very smart?

[bridgetester.livejournal.com]

Oh n *cuts off suddenly*

(Oh nos! Now where will you get/share your same ideas?)

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

...

*looks around in a shifty-eyed manner*

*puts the brains back in a very quick movement, hoping no one noticed*

[bridgetester.livejournal.com]

os! *blinks* What did you just do? That was weird...

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

*licks lips*

Nuuuuffin...

[bridgetester.livejournal.com]

Oh.

So as I was saying... Socrates' view of knowledge (knowing that you are ignorant) relates strongly to the earlier quote of "I don't know anything".

Re: not very smart?

[bridgetester.livejournal.com]

*blinkblink* Welcome to the Ark! I've read that book! And I have a copy, albeit not in-state... She wrote another good book too... *digs up title*

Oh! And her newest book, "Flight of the Raven", sortakinda continues the story of "Welcome to the Ark".

Anyhow, the other book I was thinking of is "A Good Courage".

Re: not very smart?

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

Oooh. Book recommendations!

Tasty! *she says, as she slowly drowns in book recommendations*

Re: not very smart?

[bridgetester.livejournal.com]

You want mores? I gots. ^_^

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

Um. Yes! Always! Booookses!

[bridgetester.livejournal.com]

Needs must be more specific, as I am lazy, and there are many bookses.

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

Not feeling specific at the moment (or usually), but you seem to give out enough random book suggestions that it probably doesn't matter. ;)

[bridgetester.livejournal.com]

They're not random! *mock-insulted* They always relate to the topic at hand. Even if only by weird tangential connections known only to me. But of course, since I'm the one who's read them, they wouldn't make tangential connection for anyone else who hasn't read them. And speaking of not reading, let me know if you come with a specific type of book you'd like to read more of. Particular Fantasy and Science Fiction, as that's most of what's stocked in my head library. Some Poetry too. And Philosophy. And History. Well, you know what I mean.

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

*chuckle* By random, in this instance, I meant that they had not been prompted for by me. :)

I don't tend to _have_ book 'types' that I look for, at least not that I can describe. Kinda like my musical tastes...