There were many such stories, and he understood just how important they were, and listened with patience and respect. A life without stories would be no life at all. And stories bound us, did they not, one to another, the living to the dead, people to animals, people to the land?
Alexander McCall Smith
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies
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Fellow blogger and book lover wrote a piece on Catholic lit today. I thought of you...and actually mentioned you in her comments...
I saw a few of your favs on her list.
I flat out LOVED this set of books. I was so sad to see it end. It's one of the few that I didn't send to the church for the women's club book sale.