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Half a Piece of Bread and a Book

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Federico Garcia Lorca to the citizens of Fuente Vaqueros (Granada, Spain), September 1931.  Transcript  and translation : "When somebody goes to the theater, attends a concert, or goes to a party , if the party  is pleasing to him, he immediately thinks of and regrets that the people whom he loves are not  present . 'My sister, my father, would really enjoy this,' he may think , and he  enjoys the event albeit through a veil of melancholy. This is the melancholy that I  feel  today , not for my family , which would be small and selfish on my part, but for all those who ,  due to  lack of resources  lack  the means to enjoy life's beauty, serenity and passion.   "That  i s why I do not own any books,  because I give them away as soon as I buy them ,  because they are infinite . A nd that  i s why I am here, honored and happy to inaugurate this  library, probably the first one in the entire province of Granada.   " Man does not live  on  bread