January 2012
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Writing as Metadata Container: An Interview with... →
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“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language
And next year’s words...”
– T.S. Eliot, “Little Gidding.” (via paperbackgirl)
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“After all, reading is arguably a far more creative and imaginative process than...”
– Jasper Fforde (via goode)
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“Phaetons
Angrier, angrier, suddenly the near-madman
In mid-vehemence rolls...”
– Ted Hughes
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20 Heroic Librarians Who Save the World →
Including Batgirl (my personal favorite), Giles, and Rex Libris!!!
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“Aziraphale collected books. If he were totally honest with himself he would have...”
– Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman (Good Omens)
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The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is one of only four or five books that has actually made me cry. Wharton’s writing also made me underline furiously (which is slightly more difficult on an e-reader, but necessary). “The taste of the usual was like cinders in his mouth, and there were moments when he felt as if he were being buried alive under his...
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“Don’t buy new books. Buy old books that have touched other people’s lives. With...”
– My Aunt (via hugsfromrui)
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“It is just the literature that we read for “amusement” or “purely for
pleasure”...”
– T.S. Eliot, Essays Ancient and Modern (via excessivebookshelf)
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“The pendulum of the mind alternates between sense and nonsense, not between...”
– Carl Jung (via nirvikalpa)
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