Anonymous Curse on Book Thieves....

The following quote was supposedly found in the Monastery of San Pedro in Barcelona Spain. Its provenance is suspect, but it so reflects the feelings of those who foolishly loan out books only to never see them again that it is worth sharing:

"For him that stealeth, or borroweth and returneth not this book from its owner, let it change into serpent in his hand and rend him. Let him be struck with palsy, and all his members blasted. Let him languish in pain, crying aloud for mercy, and let there be no surcease to this agony till he sing in dissolution. Let bookworms gnaw his entrails...and when at last he goeth to his final punishment, let the flames of hell consume him forever."

The moral is...don't loan out your books and don't be a book thief.