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The author, Wolfstuff, reflects on the immortality of books and the profound connection they share with their Kindle and the stories within, considering them as friends, life-giving, and a testament to the enduring power of language and literature.

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Wolfstuff muses on the eternal nature of their Kindle collection, equating the device to a Sangha, a community of friends, and the books it holds as living entities. They regard the act of reading as essential as breathing and the storage capacity of the Kindle as a modern-day wonder. Wolfstuff perceives the act of writing and reading as a defiance of death, suggesting that both authors and readers continue to live through their works. The author holds language in high esteem, considering it more miraculous than digital storage and capable of evoking a range of emotions from warmth to sorrow. They view a library as a trove of treasures and poetry as divine. Wolfstuff concludes that the timeless nature of books leaves no room for death to interrupt their relationship with literature and invites readers to support their creative endeavors through PayPal.

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Kindle Sangha

My Books Will Live Forever

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Death will not come between me and my books

I think of my Kindle as my Sangha.

I think of my books as my friends.

I think of stories as air-less oxygen.

I think of gigabytes (of Kindle storage) as a modern miracle.

I think of so many dead authors as still alive; and when I die, if that ever happens, I will think of the dead reader still alive, still reading: much like Michael Ende’s Benjamin part of the book that reads itself.

I think of language as a miracle more miraculous than gigabytes.

I think of good English as heart-warming.

I think of sad English as heart-wrenching.

I think of true English as uplifting.

I think of a library as a treasure vault.

I think of poetry as God-like whispers.

There is too much eternity here for death to squeeze itself in between me and my books.

© Wolfstuff

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