Why Buy

I know someone who buys books. I also know where else he looks. The books he buys remain closed. The stuff he gets is hardly used. A book is there for us to read. We buy the stuff we badly need. A closed book does him no good. Unneeded things just follow suit. Never buy a book to keep it shut. You learn no tales and lose a lot. Many buy things they never need. They boast about the life they lead. They think they are so very cool! It is themselves they really fool! 30/4/2016

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Omar Jabak

Date: 5/1/2016 9:13:00 AM

Thank you very much for your kind comments. Yeah, it's ironic that some people buy things they never intend to use, while others may need such things but cannot afford to buy them!!!

Ovidiu Bocsa

Date: 4/30/2016 12:07:00 PM

I also used to by and read a lot because it was my style of life and I was happy finding author (like you and other) as best friend sharing from his life and I had who with to discuss face-to face about books. Now, I read on but I difficult find the partner to speak , so, I also write as means of communicating from soul to soul, from existance to existance.