This is a best-loved quote, from this beautiful, beautiful book. I would recommend it again and again."To him she seemed so beautiful, so seductive, so different from ordinary people, that he could not understand why no one was as disturbed as he by the clicking of her heels on the paving stones, why no one else's heart was wild with the breeze stirred by the sighs of her veils, why everyone did not go mad with the movements of her braid, the flight of her hands, the gold of her laughter. He had not missed a single one of her gestures, not one of the indications of her character, but he did not dare approach her for fear of destroying the spell."
We, the library personnel, relish the days when crisp, intelligent people stop by to use our facilities. It is definitely a phenomenon. Rather, our days are spent fulfilling the every folly-driven fancy of the jobless, white adult male and his fellow coexisting lame brains.
Though they will probably never read this, I will still state the following things to lighten my mood:
- I will not flirt back with you, no matter what tactics you employ.
- Just so you know, I know that you are on the Illinois State Past Sexual Predators List.
-I will be busy on the nights you have tickets to go to a symphony... I do not care if they were puchased for me or not. I find it hard to believe that your mother would be joining us anyway.
- How many times have you have you moved/to and from here to marry an unsuspecting victim of Match.com?
I'm sure there will be more posts to follow on this great topic.
