July 2011
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Jul 31st
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Jul 30th
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Jul 29th
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“And a word carries far-very far-deals destruction through time as the bullets go...”
–  Joseph Conrad (Lord Jim)
Jul 28th
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Jul 27th
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“He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present...”
–  George Orwell (1984)
Jul 27th
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Jul 27th
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Jul 27th
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“Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about ordinary...”
– Boris Pasternak, Russian Nobel Prize-Winning Author extraordinaire (via fabula, paldangdammit) (via teachingliteracy) (via booklover)
Jul 27th
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Jul 27th
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“For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist...”
– Carl Sagan (via quote-book)
Jul 27th
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Jul 27th
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“The most important thing to remember is this: To be ready at any moment to give...”
–  W. E. B. Du Bois (via thesearepeopleyouknow)
Jul 27th
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Jul 27th
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“What I want is to be needed. What I need is to be indispensable to somebody. Who...”
– Chuck Palahniuk (via imyouricon)
Jul 27th
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Jul 27th
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“Old stories are like old friends. You have to visit them from time to time.”
– Old Nan, A Song of Ice and Fire (via eclecticzoo)
Jul 26th
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Jul 26th
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Jul 26th
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“Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he...”
–  F. Scott Fitzgerald (The Great Gatsby)
Jul 26th
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Jul 26th
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“Letter writing is the only device combining solitude with good company.”
– George Gordon Byron (via enchants)
Jul 26th
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Jul 26th
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“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.”
– Carl Sagan  (via quote-book)
Jul 26th
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Jul 26th
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Jul 26th
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“Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power...”
– Groucho Marx (via sweepyeyes)
Jul 25th
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Jul 25th
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day 7 - least favorite plot device employed by way too many books you actually enjoyed otherwise I believe it is called deus ex machina and simply means that everything gets solved, people get rescued and there is a happy ending out of basically nowhere. E.g. Meyer’s “Breaking Dawn” - if it wasn’t for… I really don’t know why the Volturi didn’t attack...
Jul 25th
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Jul 25th
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“People think dreams aren’t real just because they aren’t made of matter, of...”
– Neil Gaiman (via jennifer-ruth)
Jul 25th
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Jul 25th
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“Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you’ll look back and realize they...”
– Kurt Vonnegut (via lifeofliterature)
Jul 25th
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Jul 25th
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Jul 25th
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“Reading furnishes the mind only with materials for knowledge; it is thinking...”
– John Locke (via bookshavepores)
Jul 25th
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Jul 25th
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“The true felicity of a lover of books is the luxurious turning of page by page,...”
– Edith Wharton (via teachingliteracy)
Jul 25th
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Jul 25th
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“I look at the books on my library shelves. They certainly seem dormant. But what...”
– Verlyn Klinkenborg (via teachingliteracy)
Jul 25th
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Jul 25th
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“Wisdom is knowing what to do next; Skill is knowing how to do it, and Virtue is...”
– David Starr Jordan (via thesearepeopleyouknow)
Jul 25th
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Jul 25th
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Jul 25th
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“Four basic premises of writing: clarity, brevity, simplicity, and humanity.”
– William Zinsser (via writingadvice)
Jul 25th
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Jul 25th
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“I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald (via theformofbeauty)
Jul 25th
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Jul 25th
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“Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.”
–  Ayn Rand (The Fountainhead)
Jul 25th
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