Serendipity

May 24, 2007

"You know, I'm a political science student but I don't like reading non-fiction much," I said the other day as me and Marco stood in an aisle in Booksale. We were surrounded by second-hand books and we felt at home in the musty scent. More importantly, we felt at home with each other.

 

"What, I love reading non-fiction," he remarked blandly. He majored in Political Science and I found out quite early that he likes classical and contemporary political philosophy bullshit. Stuff I meant to read since forever but always bored me even though i knew they were interesting.  I rolled my eyes and they rested on a random book. "Hey, here's Tocqueville. Political non-fiction bullshit." I touched the book for emphasis. Tocqueville is another one of them boring old farts.

 

He didn't bite the bait. "Hey, you know what you should read?" he asked.

 
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