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When will you learn that there isn't a word for everything? Nicole Krauss Happy birthday, Nicole Krauss! After studying writing at Stanford and Oxfor…
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Why should you believe your eyes? You were given eyes to see with, not to believe with. Your eyes can see the mirage, the hallucination as easily as …
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Melancholy is sadness that has taken on lightness. Italo Calvino August 7, 1957: On this day, Italo Calvino published his letter of resignation from …
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Sleep is good, he said, and books are better. George R.R. Martin August 6, 1996: A Game of Thrones was first published 21 years ago today. George R.R…
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I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be. Charles Dicken…
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I barely knew I had skin before I met you. Sarah Waters Happy birthday, Sarah Waters! As part of her research for her PhD thesis, the Welsh writer re…
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Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody. J.D. Salinger July 16, 1951: J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye was publis…
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You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. Mark Twain June 21, 528: In Mark Twain's time-travel novel, Connecticut Yankee i…
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I shouldn't think even millionaires could eat anything nicer than new bread and real butter and honey for tea. Dodie Smith Though she began her caree…
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I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will. Charlotte Brontë The first novel that Charlotte Brontë (born …
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I know of a cure for everything: salt water...in one way or the other. Sweat, or tears, or the salt sea. Karen Blixen Karen Blixen (born April 17, 18…
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It was not the feeling of completeness I so needed, but the feeling of not being empty. Jonathan Safran Foer April 16, 2002: Jonathan Safran Foer's b…
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Sin ought to be something exquisite, my dear boy. Émile Zola French writer Emile Zola (born April 2, 1840) was friends with artists like Cezanne and …
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The first duty of wine is to be red. Don't talk to me of your white wines. Henri Murger Henry Murger (born March 27, 1822) was definitely adhering to…
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Everyone has talent. What's rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads. Erica Jong Happy 75th birthday, Erica Jong! She wrote…
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Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again. Daphne du Maurier Although Daphne du Maurier (born March 13, 1907) tore up the first 15,000 words of h…
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What and how much had I lost by trying to do only what was expected of me instead of what I myself had wished to do? Ralph Ellison Ralph Ellison (bor…
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The voice of the sea speaks to the soul. Kate Chopin Kate Chopin (born February 8, 1850) wrote the early feminist novel The Awakening. She first bega…
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I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book! Jane Austen On January 28, 1813, Jane A…
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Joy multiplies when it is shared among friends, but grief diminishes with every division. That is life. R.A. Salvatore Happy birthday, R.A. Salvatore…
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I have always found that actively lovingsaves one from a morbid preoccupationwith the shortcomings of society. Alan Paton The South African author an…
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Only years of practice will teach you the mysteries and bold certainty of a real gardener, who treads at random, yet tramples on nothing. Karel Čapek…
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The most truly generous persons are those who give silently without hope of praise or reward. Carol Ryrie Brink Carol Ryrie Brink (December 28, 1895 …
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There is not always a good guy. Nor is there always a bad one. Most people are somewhere in between. Patrick Ness The film adaptation of Patrick Ness…
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You see things less clearly when you open your eyes too wide. Italo Svevo Italo Svevo, born Aron Ettore Schmitz on December 19, 1861, was an Italian …
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Obsessions are the only things that matter. Patricia Highsmith Today marks the release of the film A Kind of Murder, an adaptation of the 1954 Patric…
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Shades of a new morning standing still are worse than the shades of night. At least a person can understand the dark of night. It’s not fickle like t…
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All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income Samuel Butler Samuel Butler, the English…
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Stories are consoling, fiction is one of the consolation prizes for having lived in the world. Don DeLillo Don DeLillo (born November 20, 1936) is a …
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People are fascinated by the rich: Shakespeare wrote plays about kings, not beggars. Dominick Dunne Dominick Dunne (born October 29, 1925) was best k…
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A creative life cannot be sustained by approval any more than it can be destroyed by criticism. Will Self Will Self (born September 26, 1961) is an E…
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In books and in life, you need to read several pages before someone's true character is revealed. Gail Carson Levine Gail Carson Levine (born Septemb…
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While thoughts exist, words are alive and literature becomes an escape, not from, but into living. Cyril Connolly British literary critic Cyril Conno…
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Everything I was I carry with me, everything I will be lies waiting on the road ahead. Ma Jian Happy birthday, Ma Jian! When the Chinese author’s sho…
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Yea, all things live forever, though at times they sleep and are forgotten. H. Rider Haggard Long before J.K. Rowling introduced readers to the villa…
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There is only one page left to write on. I will fill it with words of only one syllable. I love. I have loved. I will love. Audrey Niffenegger Happy …
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Remember this: Nothing is written in the stars. Not these stars, nor any others. No one controls your destiny. Gregory Maguire Happy birthday, Gregor…
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I never tell anyone exactly how clever I am. They would be too scared. Eoin Colfer Happy birthday, Eoin Colfer! Before his young adult fantasy novel,…
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Reading is like thinking, like praying, like talking to a friend, like expressing your ideas, like listening to other people's ideas, like listening …
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It is good people who make good places. Anna Sewell When Anna Sewell (born March 30, 1820) was 14 years old, she slipped and severely injured both of…
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What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it. Gabriel García Márquez When Gabriel García Márquez (b…
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It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime... Khaled Hosseini Happy bir…
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There are no easy answers, there's only living through the questions. Elizabeth George Happy birthday, Elizabeth George! The American writer is most…
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It’s lovely loving, isn’t it? In fact, I find it almost better, because being loved sometimes embarrasses me, but loving is a gift. Sheila Hancock Sh…
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We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will. Chuck Palahniuk Happy birthday, Chuck Palahniuk! The American …
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Heaven would never be heaven without you. Richard Matheson Love reading about worldwide apocalypses and infectious diseases? Then thank Richard Mathe…
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Chance is the first step you take, luck is what comes afterward. Amy Tan Happy birthday, Amy Tan! Before she found fame with The Joy Luck Club (her f…