February 2012
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“Mother,” Meg pursued. “Charles says I’m not one thing or the other, not flesh nor fowl nor good red herring.” “Oh, for crying out loud,” Calvin said, “you’re Meg, aren’t you? Come on and let’s go for a walk.” —Madeleine L’Engle, A Wrinkle in Time
Feb 5th
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With a sudden enthusiastic gesture Calvin flung his arms out wide, as though he were embracing Meg and her mother, the whole house. “How did all this happen? Isn’t it wonderful? I feel as though I were just being born! I’m not alone anymore! Do you realize what that means to me?” “But you’re good at basketball and things,” Meg protested....
Feb 5th
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“Lead on, moron,” Calvin cried gaily. “I’ve never even seen your house, and I have the funniest feeling that for the first time in my life I’m going home!” —Madeleine L’Engle, A Wrinkle in Time
Feb 5th
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October 2011
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Oct 16th
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September 2011
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“I can’t believe there will ever be a time when the book is truly obsolete. It is...”
– Katherine Paterson (via bookshelvesofdoom)
Sep 23rd
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August 2011
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Aug 27th
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Aug 27th
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Aug 26th
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Aug 25th
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Aug 24th
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Aug 23rd
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Aug 22nd
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Aug 21st
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Aug 20th
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Aug 19th
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July 2011
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What keeps you going isn’t some fine destination, but just the road you’re on, and the fact that you know how to drive. You keep your eyes open, you see this damned-to-hell world you got born into, and you ask yourself, “What life can I live that will let me breathe in and out and love somebody or something and not run off screaming into the woods?” -Barbara Kingsolver,...
Jul 5th
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June 2011
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Jun 22nd
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May 2011
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May 29th
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May 21st
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“Because he is my friend. Because I always know where he stands, and where I...”
– Tamora Pierce, Alanna- The First Adventure (via bygoshbygolly)
May 17th
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“To me, there is no greater act of courage than being the one who kisses first.”
– Janeane Garofalo (via loveyourchaos)
May 17th
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May 15th
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April 2011
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Apr 15th
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There is no such thing as a “self-made” man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the making of our character and of our thoughts, as well as our successes. —George Matthews Adams
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March 2011
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““I’m sorry if I startled you,” said Attolia softly. “You didn’t startle me,”...”
– from THE KING OF ATTOLIA by Megan Whalen Turner (via vega-ofthe-lyre) Happy sigh.
Mar 31st
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Mar 31st
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Mar 23rd
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Mar 19th
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“Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of joy you must have...”
– Mark Twain (via quote-book)
Mar 13th
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Mar 11th
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February 2011
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Feb 26th
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Feb 26th
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“It’s almost always difficult for artists in any field (except, perhaps, for a...”
– The Drawing Board (blog): Reflections on blogging… Terri Windling writes a beautiful entry on blogging that really rings true for me. Reminds me why I started doing it. Go read the whole thing. (via gwendabond)
Feb 19th
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“I would like to grasp why it is that these two activities, falling in love and...”
– From Anne Carson’s Eros the Bittersweet. (via mcnallyjackson)
Feb 14th
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Feb 11th
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January 2011
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Jan 27th
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O my love, O my love, In the night of fire and snow, Save me from evil. —W. H. Auden, “XXXIV”
Jan 27th
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Jan 25th
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Jan 22nd
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“Don’t date a girl who reads because girls who read are the storytellers. You...”
– Charles Warnke, You Should Date an Illiterate Girl  WOW. (But I have a feeling this might be why I’m usually single.) 
Jan 21st
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Jan 15th
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“In short, Manhattan appears to be an extension of the internet, or vice versa.”
– How novels came to terms with the internet | Books | The Guardian (via housingworksbookstore)
Jan 15th
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McNally Jackson Bookmongers: Herman Melville Likes... →
mcnallyjackson: I am reblogging this so hard. towirr: Or as he calls them, in order, in two chapters of White Jacket: beards the crop suburbs of the chin homeward-bounders fly-brushes long, trailing moss hanging from the bough of some aged oak love-curls Winnebago locks carroty bunches …
Jan 12th
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Jan 11th
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Close Read: Holding Giffords’s Hand : The New... →
What I do is for the Christina-Taylor Greens of the world, to help them even a little bit in becoming the Dorwan Stoddards, Daniel Hernandezes, and Patricia Maischs of the future. newyorker: peterwknox: This is a READING REQUIREMENT. Short, beautiful, touching, and tough. Thanks, Josh.
Jan 10th
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And for the first time since coming home, I’m completely happy. It’s strange. Home. How I could wish for it for so long, only to come back and find it gone. To be here, in my technical house, and discover that home is now someplace different. But that’s not quite right either. I miss Paris, but it’s not home. It’s more like … I miss this. This warmth over the...
Jan 8th
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