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A Tribute to Fulda The New York Times,
February
7, 1943 A
TRIBUTE TO FULDA The
Author of "The Pirate" Recalls a Forgotten Pla…
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k The Legal Department Hipstamatic Privacy Policy This Privacy Policy constitutes a binding agreement between Hipstamatic, LLC ("we", "us", or "our")…
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Open main menu Home Random Nearby Log in Settings About Wikipedia Disclaimers Search Ilaria Alpi Language Watch Edit Ilaria Alpi (May 24, 1961 in Rom…
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Gossip is never fatal until it is denied. Booth Tarkington July 29, 1869: Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Booth Tarkington is best known for his novel…
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Somewhere beyond the sink-hole, past the magnolia, under the live oaks, a boy and a yearling ran side by side, and were gone forever. Marjorie Kinnan…
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The longer I live, the more I observe that carrying around anger is the most debilitating to the person who bears it. Katherine Graham June 16, 1917:…
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The present changes the past. Looking back you do not find what you left behind. Kiran Desai September 3, 1971: Happy 42nd birthday, Kiran Desai! The…
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There ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue. There's just stuff people do. John Steinbeck May 6, 1940: John Steinbeck received a Pulitzer Prize for …
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You're alive only once, as far as we know, and what could be worse than getting to the end of your life and realizing you hadn't lived it? Edward Alb…
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My little old doga heart-beatat my feet Edith Wharton June 29, 1921: Edith Wharton's New York society novel, The Age of Innocence, won a Pulitzer Pri…
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I don't like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and it isn't of much value. Life hasn't revealed its beauty to them. …
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You know, one of the tragedies of real life is that there is no background music. Annie Proulx August 22, 1935: Happy birthday, Annie Proulx! The Pul…
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You see things; you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not? George Bernard Shaw July 5, 1880: It was 133 years ago today …
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Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing. Norman Mailer May 4, 1948: Pulitzer Prize-winner Norman Mailer published his first novel,…
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Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest. Hermann Hesse July 2, 1877: Nobel Prize-winning German novelist Hermann Hesse's books—part…
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Günter Grass From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Günter Grass Günter Grass in 2004 at Buchmesse, Frankfurt am Main Bor…
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The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism. Wole Soyinka July 13, 1934: Happy birthday, Wole Soyinka! The Nigerian playwright is the …
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For man is essentially alone, and one should pity him and love him and grieve with him. Halldór Laxness April 23, 1902: Writer Halldór Laxness is the…
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Hard times require furious dancing. Each of us is proof. Alice Walker February 9, 1944: Born in the Jim Crow South, beloved author and activistAlice …
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I read so I can live more than one life in more than one place. Anne Tyler October 25, 1941: Happy 72nd birthday, Anne Tyler! The Pulitzer Prize-winn…
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What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know qu…
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Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn't matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it d…
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Drunk, Jane spoke as though she were Nancy Drew. I was a fool for a girl with a dainty lexicon. Michael Chabon May 24, 1963: Happy birthday, Michael…
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It was one of those humid days when the atmosphere gets confused. Sitting on the porch, you could feel it: the air wishing it was water. Jeffrey Euge…
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Some people want to be bank presidents. Other people want to rob banks. Richard Ford February 16, 1944: Steely-eyed novelist and Pulitzer Prize winne…
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I didn't know what time it was Till I met you. Oh, what a lovely time it was, How sublime it was too! I didn't know what day it was You hold my hand.…
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All serious daring starts from within. Eudora Welty April 13, 1909: Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Eudora Welty was born 104 years ago today in Jackso…
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With enough courage, you can do without a reputation. Margaret Mitchell June 30, 1936: Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer Prize-winning…
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I read a book one day and my whole life was changed. Orhan Pamuk June 7, 1952: Happy birthday, Orhan Pamuk! The Nobel Prize-winning Turkish writer wa…
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Almost seventy years later I remember clearly how the magic of translating the words in books into images enriched my life, breaking the barriers of …
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Much of what was said did not matter, and that much of what mattered could not be said. Katherine Boo Happy birthday, Katherine Boo! The American inv…
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I don't know a better preparation for life than love of poetry and a good digestion Zona Gale After adapting her popular novel Miss Lulu Bett for the…
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When the enemy has no face, society will invent one. Susan Faludi Happy birthday to Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Susan Faludi! In 1991, she beca…
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There's so much to be grateful for, words are poor things. Marilynne Robinson Happy 71st birthday, Marilynne Robinson! Her latest novel, Lila, return…
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We are all worthy of one another. Edward P. Jones Happy 64th birthday, Edward P. Jones! The Pulitzer Prize-winning author is best known for his novel…
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I have tried my best to keep my country alive by writing about it. Nuruddin Farah Happy 69th birthday, Nuruddin Farah! The prominent Somali author is…
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When I look at my life and its secret colours, I feel like bursting into tears. Albert Camus January 4, 1960: Absurdist French thinker Albert Camus' …
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The older one becomes the quicker the present fades into sepia and the past looms up in glorious technicolour Beryl Bainbridge British writer Beryl B…
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Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would …
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It is the absence of facts that frightens people: the gap you open, into which they pour their fears, fantasies, desires. Hilary Mantel Happy 62nd bi…
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A word has power in and of itself. It comes from nothing into sound and meaning; it gives origin to all things. N. Scott Momaday Happy 81st birthday,…
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One of the few things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time...give it, give it all, giv…
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Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit. Henry Adams Historian Henry Adams (born February 16, 1838) published his memoirs, titled The Educat…
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Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms. Penelope Lively Happy 82nd birthday, Penelope Lively! The British author has written…
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Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cau…
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If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. Toni Morrison Happy 83rd birthday, Toni Morrison! Th…
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There is not a crime, there is not a dodge, there is not a trick, there is not a swindle, there is not a vice which does not live by secrecy. Joseph …
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The truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is. Nadine Gordimer November 20, 1923: Happy 90th birthday, Nadine Gordimer! The novelist and No…
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I think the writing of literature should give pleasure. What else should it be about? It is not nuclear physics. It actually has to give pleasure or …
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The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear Aung San Suu Kyi Happy 69h birthday, Aung San Suu Kyi! The Myanmar oppos…