#paul aster

[dingchillingt-t]

I got bored of 4321 by Paul Aster after the first part lol but some lines were so insightful or relatable I have to share them. Life is so impermanent, so lucky. Skill based game enjoyers would be disgruntled by it.

1. He had a hard time of it, especially in the beginning but even after it was no longer the beginning

2. The world wasn’t real anymore. Sleepwalking through his days and struggling to fall asleep at night

3. Stories are no less valuable than money but in the short run they have their decided limitations.

4. They weren’t tormented by the curse of ambition. Alexander conquers the world and then what? He builds a rocket ship and invades Mars.

5. The other stories seemed plausible to him, not necessarily true, but possibly true and therefore worthy of being believed

[soulmvtes]

"a child's need for stories is as fundamental as his need for food"

paul auster

[struruso]

“Ogni vita nasconde, e protegge, dentro di sé tutte le altre che non si sono realizzate, che sono rimaste solo potenziali.

E cosí ogni individuo conserva al suo interno, come clandestini su una nave di notte, le ombre di tutte le altre persone che sarebbe potuto diventare.”

(Paul Auster)

[in-the-uncertain-hour]

Vedi cosa succede qui. Non solo le cose svaniscono, ma una volta svanite, svanisce anche il loro ricordo. Nel cervello si formano delle zone d'ombra, e a meno che non si faccia uno sforzo costante per raccogliere le cose andate, esse spariscono velocemente e per sempre.

Paul Aster, Nel paese delle ultime cose

[foreverlostinliterature]

9/16 Book Deals

Happy Monday, everyone! Sorry for the lack of posting/deals posts last week, it’s been a super busy time! Hopefully this week will help me get back on track for things. :) It looks like there are some great options of books on sale today to kick things off again, so be sure to have a look! Anyway, have a great day and wonderful week, everyone!

Find past book deals here–many of which are still on sale!

Today’s Deals:

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys - https://amzn.to/2NhNVr7

Vita Nostra by Marina Dyachenko and Sergey Dyachenko - https://amzn.to/30kHw0j

Girl Sleuth by Melanie Rehak - https://amzn.to/32F0dgK

Moon Palace by Paul Auster - https://amzn.to/304B8PB

The Two-Family House by Lynda Cohen Loigman - https://amzn.to/31sFfSf

Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow - https://amzn.to/31qF7m1

Smoke and Summons by Charlie N. Holmberg - https://amzn.to/301opNG

Hardcover <$9--Echo North by Joanna Ruth Meyer - https://amzn.to/2ZZfb4q

Paperback <$6--Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente - https://amzn.to/302TmkC

Paperback <$8--Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse - https://amzn.to/34NHYYA

Hardcover <$8--The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert - https://amzn.to/2QthUyT

NOTE:  I am categorizing these book deals posts under the tag #bookdeals, so if you don’t want to see them then just block that tag and you should be good. I am an Amazon affiliate in addition to a Book Depository affiliate and will receive a small (but very much needed!)  commission on any purchase made through these links.

[kariastillero]

Something begins, and already it is no longer the beginning, but something else, propelling us into the heart of the thing that  is happening. If we were suddenly to stop and ask ourselves, “Where are we going?”, or “Where are we now?”, we would be lost, for at each moment we are no longer where we were, but have left ourselves behind, irrevocably, in a past that has no memory, a past endlessly obliterated by a motion that carries us into the present.

Paul Auster from White Spaces

[kariastillero]

Invisible things, rooted in cold, and growing toward this light that vanishes into each thing it illumines. Nothing ends. The hour returns to the beginning of the hour in which we breathed: as if there were nothing. As if I could see nothing that is not what it is.

— Paul Auster, “Autobiography of the Eye”

[strangesilversea]

Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolation, my stimulant of choice: reading for the pure pleasure of it, for the beautiful stillness that surrounds you when you hear an author's words reverberating in your head.

Paul Aster