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Friendship is a simple thing, and yet complicated; friendship is on the surface, something natural, something taken for granted, and yet underneath o…
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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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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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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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The only genius that's worth anything is the genius for hard work. Kathleen Winsor American author Kathleen Winsor (born October 16, 1919) wrote a li…
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I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. Laura Ingalls Wilder Laura Ingalls Wilder (bor…
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There's nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons. Stephen Chbosky Happy bir…
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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 19 years ago today. George R.R…
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What I've come to learn is that the world is never saved in grand messianic gestures, but in the simple accumulation of gentle, soft, almost invisibl…
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He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two. Victor Hugo February 26, 1802: Romantic French writer Victor Hugo wa…
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I have consistently loved books that I've read when I've been sick in bed. Tracy Chevalier October 19, 1962: Happy 51st birthday, Tracy Chevalier! He…
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Sala de premsa Editorial Germania 1.12.11 PRESENTACIÓ A LA CASA DEL LLIBRE DE VALÈNCIA DE "POEMES DE LA RESISTÈNCIA CHICANA" El dimecres 30 de novemb…
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My experience of life is that it is not divided up into genres; it’s a horrifying, romantic, tragic, comical, science-fiction cowboy detective novel.…
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Be glad. Be good. Be brave. Eleanor H. Porter December 19, 1868: The title character of Eleanor Hodgman Porter's novel, Pollyanna, has become shortha…
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Hubert Selby, Jr. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Hubert Selby, Jr. Born Hubert Selby, Jr. July 23, 1928 New York,…
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The voice of the sea speaks to the soul. Kate Chopin Kate Chopin (born February 8, 1850) wrote early feminist novel The Awakening. She first began wr…
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Free Classic Literature Newsletter!Sign Up Discuss in my forum Top 9 Coming of Age Novels By Esther Lombardi , About.com Guide See More About: coming…
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Two or three things I know for sure, and one of them is the way you can both hate and love something you are not sure you understand. Dorothy Allison…
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The AR Reading List **This post from September 2009 has been saved as a page** Earlier this month, Ori Inbar posted on Games Alfresco about why peopl…
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Review of Gora: A Novel of Rabindranath Tagore ‘Gora’ is the biggest novel of Rabindranath Tagore . In any estimate, it deserves to be one of the mos…
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How I would enjoy being told the novel is dead. How liberating to work in the margins, outside a central perception. You are the ghoul of literature.…
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Damn you, spoilt creature; I shan’t make you love me any the more by giving myself away like this. Vita Sackville-West March 9, 1892: Rakish heiress …
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Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, but only saps today of its strength. A.J. Cronin July 19, 1896: Scottish writer A.J. Cronin was a practicing…
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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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Charm is the ability to make someone else think that both of you are pretty wonderful. Kathleen Winsor October 16, 1919: Kathleen Winsor's racy 1944 …
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The proof of the pudding is the eating. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra September 29, 1547: Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was 58 when his …
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Our updated Terms of Use will become effective on May 25, 2012. Find out more. Le Rêve (novel) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigat…
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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 72nd birthday, Erica Jong! She wrote…
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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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And I asked myself about the present: how wide it was, how deep it was, how much was mine to keep. Kurt Vonnegut November 11, 1922: American author K…
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The first duty of wine is to be red. Don't talk to me of your white wines. Henry Murger Henry Murger (born March 27, 1822) was definitely adhering to…
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About the travels of a man who was researching a graphic novel about Edward Lane and found himself in the middle of the Egyptian Revolution. Narrated…
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The Modern Novel A website on the world-wide literary novel since approximately the
beginning of the twentieth century, arranged by nationality. T…
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I'm glad you like adverbs — I adore them; they are the only qualifications I really much respect. Henry James April 15, 1843: Writer Henry James is o…
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Happiness is an accident of nature, a beautiful and flawless aberration. Pat Conroy October 26, 1945: Happy 68th birthday, Pat Conroy! The best-selli…
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The music in his laughter had a way of rounding off the missing notes in her soul. Gloria Naylor January 25, 1950: Happy 64th birthday, Gloria Naylor…
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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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It is never too late to be wise. Daniel Defoe April 25, 1719: British writer Daniel Defoe published his first novel, the enduring Robinson Crusoe, 29…
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I wish I were a girl again, half-savage and hardy, and free. Emily Brontë July 30, 1818: Reclusive and shy during her life, Emily Brontë achieved wid…
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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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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 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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Some nights the sky wept stars that quickly floated and disappeared into the darkness before our wishes could meet them. Ishmael Beah November 23, 19…
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He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad. Rafael Sabatini April 29, 1875: Italian writer Rafael Sabatini's swashbucklin…
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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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Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. Norman Maclean December 23, 1902: Norman Maclean did not begin writing fiction un…
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Darkness is drawn to light, but light does not know it; light must absorb the darkness and therefore meet its own extinguishment. Edna O'Brien Decemb…
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