terça-feira, 15 de novembro de 2011

Ler em todos os momentos / Read to lead


Duane Bryers



"Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goest out. The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead. 

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Lê inclusivamente enquanto fazes ginástica!


segunda-feira, 14 de novembro de 2011

O Facebook nas palavras cruzadas / Facebook in crosswords


3 citações sobre a vida / 3 quotes about life

Keep away from people who belittle your ambitions. Small people do that, but the great people are the ones who make you feel that you too, can be great.
Mark Twain




Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky




And what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events may in fact be the first steps of a journey.
A Series of Unfortunate Events de Lemony Snicket

domingo, 13 de novembro de 2011

A leitora do Financial Times...nua / Naked woman reading the Financial Times


A cultura dos povos por Agostinho da Silva




"Os povos serão cultos na medida em que entre eles crescer o número dos que se negam a aceitar qualquer benefício dos que podem; dos que se mantêm sempre vigilantes em defesa dos oprimidos não porque tenham este ou aquele credo político, mas por isso mesmo, porque são oprimidos e neles se quebram as leis da Humanidade e da razão; dos que se levantam, sinceros e corajosos, ante as ordens injustas, não também porque saem de um dos campos em luta, mas por serem injustas; dos que acima de tudo defendem o direito de pensar e de ser digno".

Agostinho da Silva, in 'Diário de Alcestes'

sexta-feira, 11 de novembro de 2011

Leitora à janela de Margaret Preston / Woman reading by Margaret Preston


The studio windowMargaret Preston (1875 –1963)

O socialismo da biblioteca pública / The socialism of the public library


Alex Dukal


I can’t think of a more egregious example of government-sponsored socialism than the public library. Unproductive citizens without two nickels to rub together are given access to millions of books they could never afford to buy on their own — all paid for with the tax dollars of productive citizens. Does the government pay for people to rent tuxedos for free, sail boats for free, or play golf for free? No, it does not. So why should it pay for people to read books and surf the Internet for free?
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Edward Mcclelland, asking all the right questions

quinta-feira, 10 de novembro de 2011

A leitora de Janet Hill / Woman reading by Janet Hill


Os idiotas são tão cheios de certezas/ Idiots are always so sure of everything


E o mundo está tão cheio deles!
And there are so many in this world!




The sign of intelligence is that you are constantly wondering. Idiots are always dead sure about every damn thing.

Jaggi Vasudev
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A inteligência de não ter certezas: o sinal de inteligência é viver cheio de incertezas, levantando constantemente questões. Os idiotas estão sempre tão certos de tudo!)

quarta-feira, 9 de novembro de 2011

A magia da leitura / The magic of reading


Violet Lemay


“When a person is lucky enough to live inside a story, to live inside an imaginary world, the pains of this world disappear. For as long as the story goes on, reality no longer exists.”

Paul Auster



“I am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger.”

John Steinbeck

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