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“This began as a necessity; then it became an obligation; and after that a custom,” he explained, squinting at the hills undulating into the horizon. “Now,” he said, “it is an institution.”
-- Luis Soriano, quoted in "Acclaimed Colombian Institution Has 4,800 Books and 10 Legs", by Simon Romero, New York Times October 19, 2008: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/20/world/americas/20burro.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
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Date: 2008-10-21 02:02 pm (UTC)Thank you