Lost and Found

I'm determined to finish off West Wing before exams start. I stopped my marathon of it around the same time that I met Ordinary Guy - so I'm not sure if my attempted completion should worry me or not.
In either case, I've missed it.

And I've realised that another one of my books is missing: The Power of One, by Bryce Courtenay - yet another of my favourites. A South African classic.

Speaking of books - that's one gift you can never go wrong with when it comes to me. Even my dad knows that: when in doubt, buy Dash a book (or in his case, like 10 or 15 books - like when he went to Australia, that's basically all he bought me...that and tons of chocolate).

A few of my favourite The Power of One quotes:

"First with the head, then with the heart."

"...besides love, independence of thought is the greatest gift an adult can give a child."

"To have a brain is not a sin, but to have a brain and not use it, that, is a sin."

"Any ideology that attacks the thing that least threatens it, is an ideology that will not outlive its own generation."

"It was all very complicated, beautiful ladies with skin like honey who were not as good as us and black men who were white men underneath and were as good as us. The world was a complicated place where people were concerned."

"Intelligence is a harder gift. For this you must work, you must practice it, challenge it, and maybe towards the end of your life you will master it. Cleverness is the shadow, whereas intelligence is the substance."

"Pride is holding your head up when everyone around you has theirs bowed. Courage is what makes you do it."

"Always listen to yourself...It is better to be wrong than simply to follow convention."

"Absoloodle not." 

To understand that last one, you'd have to read the book. It's loss truly does make me sad. If anyone has it, if I lent it to anybody, if anybody's borrowed it...please notify me as soon as you possibly can. I would highly appreciate it. I do so love that book...