Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Not necessarily, hm?

When a book and a head collide and a hollow sound is heard, must it always have come from the book?
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742-1799)

2 comments:

  1. It depends which books I'm reading, Georgy. Some books are very full, some are heavy, some are meaningful, and some are incredibly empty, much more than my (alas!) empty head.

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  2. In Georgy's name (re your last remark): Understatement is at least as bad as overstatement, dear Claudia.
    As for the rest, the old hunchback nodded in agreement.

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