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hey friends guess who's back! it's me, ya boi. i finally got a new computer and am no longer relegated to the awful mobile app (0/10 do not recommend).
for those of you who are new here or who have missed me, i'm jules -- a high-school latin teacher in the states. i recently finished my masters in classics, and am just here for general fun and tomfoolery.
happy to chat or message with y'all about classics, latin, learning languages, etc.
xoxo icb!
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Umberto Eco, who owned 50,000 books, had this to say about home libraries:
"It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they will ever be able to read. It would be like saying that you should use all the cutlery or glasses or screwdrivers or drill bits you bought before buying new ones.
"There are things in life that we need to always have plenty of supplies, even if we will only use a small portion.
"If, for example, we consider books as medicine, we understand that it is good to have many at home rather than a few: when you want to feel better, then you go to the 'medicine closet' and choose a book. Not a random one, but the right book for that moment. That's why you should always have a nutrition choice!
"Those who buy only one book, read only that one and then get rid of it. They simply apply the consumer mentality to books, that is, they consider them a consumer product, a good. Those who love books know that a book is anything but a commodity."
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"I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape. Something waits beneath it; the whole story doesn't show."
"One's art goes as far and as deep as one's love goes."
Andrew Wyeth, American
Tempera on panel
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no one teaches you how to become more affectionate and open to affection after living your whole life in a house where affection was never a thing
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