July 2012
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The Most Brilliant Fairy Tale Novel We've Read in... →
This book looks incredible. I’ve never read Graham Joyce before, and his whole backlist looks fantastic. How did I miss him? 
Jul 31st
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Jul 29th
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Flavorwire » 9 of the Coolest Secret Subway... →
These are wild! I had no idea Cincinnati almost had a subway. And the City Hall station is GORGEOUS. 
Jul 28th
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Jul 28th
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Jul 27th
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Jul 27th
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Jul 25th
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“Soon most if not all libraries will be facing quandaries similar to that of the...”
– David A. Bell: The Bookless Library | The New Republic (via infoneer-pulse) The community to be found in a library is something worth preserving. 
Jul 25th
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“To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it’s about, but the inner...”
– This is very much true of me.  ~Truman Capote, McCall’s, November 1967 (via thesearepeopleyouknow)
Jul 21st
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Jul 21st
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“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say...”
– No matter what you may have thought of the show, Fred Rogers was an outstanding human being, and a smart one.  —Fred Rogers (via dearworld)
Jul 21st
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Jul 20th
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Jul 20th
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Jul 19th
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Jul 19th
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Jul 18th
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This is an excellent question! Somehow I can sort of see Queen Victoria reading Jane Eyre and thinking, “Man, I hope those crazy kids get back together!”  spicyshimmy: how is it possible to love fictional characters this much and also have people always been this way? like, did queen elizabeth lie in bed late sometimes thinking ‘VERILY I CANNOT EVEN FOR MERCUTIO HATH SLAIN ME WITH...
Jul 17th
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Jul 16th
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“If I start giving people what they like I’ll turn into one of them and I don’t...”
–  Craig Ferguson (via thesearepeopleyouknow) And yet another reason I adore Craig Ferguson. 
Jul 15th
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Jul 13th
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“Kurt Vonnegut’s Rules for the Short Story 1. Use the time of a total stranger...”
– Most of this applies to novels, too, and is excellent writing advice in general.  via advicetowriters.com (via kadrey)
Jul 11th
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Jul 7th
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“A library outranks any other thing a community can do to benefit its people.”
– Andrew Carnegie (via dtxmcclain)
Jul 7th
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“This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences are...”
– This is so important to remember. Writing has a rhythm, and each story usually demands its own. You have to listen for it, and pay attention to it, to make the words really sing.  Gary Provost (via qmsd)
Jul 6th
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