Writer's Block: Once upon a time…

[sabrinamari]

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The tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao.

---Tao te Ching, Stephen Mitchell translation

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[wgseligman.livejournal.com]

I shall clap my hands together and bow to the corners of the world.

Bridge of Birds
by Barry Hughart

[sabrinamari.livejournal.com]

Oh, how wonderful!

[evcelt.livejournal.com]

Bridge of Birds is inexpressibly wonderful. It makes me laugh and cry every time I re-read it.

[evcelt.livejournal.com]

I thought of the same thing!

Although I first thought of:

"When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton."

(arguably, it could be "This book is largely concerned with Hobbits, and from its pages a reader may discover much of their character and a little of their history.")

But it's terribly, terribly hard to pick a favorite...