among the mad ones

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Holiday book guide from the lareviewofbooks ... link here >> 

So many to add to my list...

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ephemeral [ih-fem-er-uhl]

(adjective) Considered one of the most beautiful words in the English language, ephemeral is defined as being transitory; short-lived or lasting a very brief time, sometimes a day. Equally as beautiful as its antonym, sempiternal, defined as everlasting; ephemeral’s beauty lies in its temporariness. Its romantic nature is generally used to describe an exciting or extraordinarily fleeting moment, such as the seasons, a love affair, or childhood.  (via wordsnquotes)

[nevver]

Design Crush

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The Literary United States: A Map of the Best Book for Every State

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This beautiful animated short gets me every time. 

[newyorker]

Read about Christoph Niemann’s animated, rainy-day cover this week.

[webbys]

The New Yorker’s first ever GIF cover. 

[amongthemadones]

The future is here. 

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Good writing isn’t a science. It’s an art, and the horizon is infinite. You can always get better.

David Foster Wallace, from a series of interviews in Quack This Way 

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Submitted by vedonie

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Or when you realize you loaned it to someone but can't remember who.

[bookaddictiion]

When you read a great book, you don’t escape from life, you plunge deeper into it.

Julian Barnes (via abagofbooks)

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Art is one of the best forms that people have found to contain chaos and make sense of it.

- Jenny Offill at the Brooklyn Book Festival

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'Oh, monsters are scared,' said Lettie. 'That's why they're monsters. And as for grown-ups...' She stopped talking, rubbed her freckled nose with a finger. Then, 'I'm going to tell you something important. Grown-ups don't look like grown-ups on the inside either. Outside, they're big and thoughtless and they always know what they're doing. Inside, they look just like they always have. Like they did when they were your age. The truth is, there aren't any grown-ups. Not one, in the whole wide world.' She thought for a moment. Then she smiled. 'Except for Granny, of course.' We sat there, side by side, on the old wooden bench, not saying anything. I thought about adults. I wondered if that was true: if they were all really children wrapped in adult bodies, like children's books hidden in the middle of dull, long adult books, and the kind with no pictures or conversations.

Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane 

[howdoiputthisgeekily]

WHEN PEOPLE BECOME MORE ATTRACTIVE TO ME BECAUSE OF THEIR EXTENSIVE LIBRARIES

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Maybe….

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YES.

[bostonpoetryslam]

I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.

Joan Didion, via Brainpickings (via bostonpoetryslam)