February 2012
23 posts
“A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, imbalmed and...”
– John Milton
in Areopagitica: A Speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing
January 2012
12 posts
“Everywhere I have searched for peace and nowhere found it, except in a corner...”
– Thomas a Kempis
“Leaving any bookstore is hard, especially on a day in August, when the street...”
– Jane Smiley (via Facebook)
December 2011
46 posts
“Live for awhile in the books you love. Learn from them what is worth learning,...”
– Rilke, Viareggio, April 5, 1903, Letters to a Young Poet (via uponswallows)
“I do think it’s a very uneven exchange of Christmas presents. You’ll...”
– Helene Hanff (Christmas 1952. Helene has sent her friends at 84 a parcel of hard-to-find groceries, and her friends at 84 have sent her a copy of the Book-Lovers’ Anthology, “all gold-embossed leather and gold-tipped pages, easily the most beautiful book I own….” Here is...
“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.”
– Charles Dickens (via deadwriters)