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“When I get a little money I buy books, and if any is left I buy food and clothes.”
~Desiderius Erasmus

"You lot. You spend all your time thinking about dying, like you're going to get killed by eggs, or beef, or global warming, or asteroids. But you never take time to imagine the impossible. Like maybe you survive."
~Doctor Who

"Nothing in this world that's worth having comes easy."
~Scrubs

"When you can't run, you crawl, and when you can't crawl - you find someone to carry you."
~Firefly

"Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live."
~Mark Twain

"Porthos dreams of being a bear, and you want to shatter those dreams by saying he’s just a dog? What a horrible candle-snuffing word. That’s like saying, “He can’t climb that mountain, he’s just a man”, or “That’s not a diamond, it’s just a rock.” Just."
~Finding Neverland

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legoline

31 August 2005 @ 03:55 pm

I still randomly squee. This morning I squeed at my signed drawing of Pippin. And kept grinning like a lunatic all day long.

To translate my favourite lame German phrase: I'm beaming just like a nuclear power station.

Forgot to tell: As I had still 15 pounds left that I didn't want to take home with me I went bookshopping at the airport. The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis and The Orange Girl by Jostein Gaarder are now within my posession. Just love Jostein Gaarder. *bounce*

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lyxzen.livejournal.com on August 31st, 2005 02:36 pm (UTC)

dein icon ♥

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legoline.livejournal.com on August 31st, 2005 03:31 pm (UTC)

*dumm grins*

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fluttering-by.livejournal.com on August 31st, 2005 02:45 pm (UTC)

Gaarder, eh? What's your favourtie book then?

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legoline.livejournal.com on August 31st, 2005 03:32 pm (UTC)

By him? Vita Brevis and The Solitaire Game... I wasn't too fond of The Ringmaster's Daughter, it reminded me too much of Homo faber by Max Frisch. So I'm rather curious what The Orange Girl will be like...

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fluttering-by.livejournal.com on August 31st, 2005 04:04 pm (UTC)

Those are my favourites too! :)

And The Christmas Mystery (or whatever the English title may be) is really good. And you should read Maya too - it's a bit Sophie's World-ish, except there are no annoying philosophy lectures and it has a very good storyline/plot. I recommend that one!

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legoline.livejournal.com on August 31st, 2005 04:06 pm (UTC)

Oh, really???? How cool!!!

Oh you mean Through A Mirror, Darkly or whatever it's called? I really loved that one as well... and I keep meaning to read Maya...

See the philosophy lectures were exactly what bothered me about Sophie's World... it was just too much somehow...

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fluttering-by.livejournal.com on August 31st, 2005 04:45 pm (UTC)

No, that's another one. He wrote one about a girl dying with cancer or something, she meets an angel - that's Through A Mirror etc (I only know the Norwegian title), but the other is, well, it's supposed to be a children's book, but Gaarder writes for everybody, it just depends on the age of the reader how much is put into the book, how much intertextuality and subtext they put into it. It's about a boy (and his parents) who buys a christmas calendar, and then every time he opens for a new day, he gets a little bit of a story about a girl named Elisabeth... It's another one of those story-within-the-story Gaarder's so fond of.

I think the story itself was pretty crappy too actually... And Sophie really got on my nerves after a while.

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legoline.livejournal.com on September 1st, 2005 06:41 am (UTC)

Hmmmmm no I haven't read that one... must look out for it!

I think the story itself was pretty crappy too actually...

Well I really liked the first half of the book, then it got boring :o)

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fluttering-by.livejournal.com on September 1st, 2005 06:43 am (UTC)

Yeah - the party was stupid, and Sophie's friend? Pfft.

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legoline.livejournal.com on September 1st, 2005 06:58 am (UTC)

And like I said, the philosophy lectures were too much - who the hell is supposed to remember all this?

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fluttering-by.livejournal.com on September 1st, 2005 07:43 am (UTC)

Or even understand it, because lets face it, after a while you spend more energy trying to remember all of them and keeping them from each other than you do on the actual storyline.

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legoline.livejournal.com on September 1st, 2005 07:50 am (UTC)

Exactly! And all this referring back to some philosopher's thesis thing... I mean come on...

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fluttering-by.livejournal.com on September 1st, 2005 08:33 am (UTC)

It's hard enough already just reading it, but when you got this other plot/s too... Screw it. My book's got a dent in the spine because I threw it at a wall:P

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legoline.livejournal.com on September 1st, 2005 08:56 am (UTC)

*lol* Did you? Boor book... it's Jostein's fault! :p

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fluttering-by.livejournal.com on September 1st, 2005 09:11 am (UTC)

Absolutely. I blame him for most things that go bad, actually.

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aliphaunt.livejournal.com on August 31st, 2005 04:36 pm (UTC)

I love your icon! And is there any chance you could post a picture of the signed Pippin picture? Please?

I have to agree with your comment on Sophie's World - I was studying Philosophy at school when I read it, and still it irritated me!

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legoline.livejournal.com on August 31st, 2005 04:37 pm (UTC)

Hmmmm yes I might try to take a photo of it :o)

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aliphaunt.livejournal.com on August 31st, 2005 04:45 pm (UTC)

Please? I'd love to see it!

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legoline.livejournal.com on September 1st, 2005 06:38 am (UTC)

Okay :o)

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unhobbityhobbit.livejournal.com on August 31st, 2005 05:00 pm (UTC)

You didn't already have the lion the witch and the wardrobe? How did you survive?

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legoline.livejournal.com on August 31st, 2005 05:08 pm (UTC)

I dunno! I was getting the whole chronicles for my birthday actually but... *bites lip*

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average-fan.livejournal.com on August 31st, 2005 05:30 pm (UTC)

freut mich, dasses dir gefallen hat @convention *erst jez gelesen* und billy!!!!! *squeeee* *heut wieder monaboyd-liebe neu entdect*

1. einscannen!!!111
2.ich glaub.... ich besuch dich mal *fg*
3.jostein gaarder = teh awesome ^^

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legoline.livejournal.com on August 31st, 2005 05:35 pm (UTC)

Einscannen? Hmmmmm :o)

Besuch mich ruhig mal... und ja, I LOVE JOSTEIN GAARDER :o)

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fairywinkle.livejournal.com on August 31st, 2005 11:36 pm (UTC)

How exciting!! So that's why you wanted a good picture before you left? I didn't realise!

I love The Lion, The Witch, And the Wardrobe! Did you know they made a movie? I think it's coming out this year.

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legoline.livejournal.com on September 1st, 2005 06:39 am (UTC)

Yeah that's why... :o) And he said it was really good... SQUEEE...

Did you know they made a movie? I think it's coming out this year.

Yes and guess who's in charge of the special effects? Rrrrrrichard Taylor!

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