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Whatever we had missed, we possessed together the precious, the incommunicable past. Willa Cather My Antonia was nominated for the first ever Pulitze…
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People do not change, they are merely revealed. Anne Enright Happy 52nd birthday, Anne Enright! Before the Man Booker Prize winner began publishing b…
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Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere. Elie Wiesel Happy birthday, Elie Wiesel! The Nobel Prize winner and Holocaust survivor wa…
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Burdens are for shoulders strong enough to carry them. Margaret Mitchell May 3, 1937: Margaret Mitchell won the Pulizter Prize for Fiction for Gone w…
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True friends share everything, except the past before they met. Mary Renault In 1948, English writer Mary Renault (born September 4, 1905) won an MGM…
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Biology gives you a brain. Life turns it into a mind. Jeffrey Eugenides Happy 54th birthday, Jeffrey Eugenides! When the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel…
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There's nothing more embarrassing than to have earned the disfavor of a perceptive animal. Michael Chabon Happy birthday, Michael Chabon! The Pulitze…
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There is something in me maybe somedayto be written; now it is folded, and folded,and folded, like a note in school. Sharon Olds Happy 72nd birthday,…
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We are each other's harvest; we are each other's business; we are each other's magnitude and bond. Gwendolyn Brooks May 5, 1950: On this day, Gwendol…
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All my days I have longed equally to travel the right road and to take my own errant path. Sigrid Undset Norwegian novelist Sigrid Undset (born May 2…
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This is what you must be like. Grow wherever life puts you down. Ben Okri Happy 56th birthday, Ben Okri! The Nigerian writer spent his early childho…
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I think perhaps we want a more conscious life. Sinclair Lewis November 5, 1930: Sinclair Lewis, author of Main Street and Babbitt, became the first A…
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As he caught his footing, his head fell back, and the Milky Way flowed down inside him with a roar. Yasunari Kawabata Yasunari Kawabata (born June 14…
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Become major, Paul. Live like a hero. That's what the classics teach us. Be a main character. Otherwise what is life for? J.M. Coetzee Happy 74th bir…
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The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself. Anna Quindlen Happy 62n…
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Nothing on earth can make up for the loss of one who has loved you. Selma Lagerlöf December 10, 1909: Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf became the first …
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On the whole, I think you should write biographies of those you admire and respect, and novels about human beings who you think are sadly mistaken. P…
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People who are strangers to liquor are incapable of talking about literature. Mo Yan Happy 60th birthday, Mo Yan! The Chinese novelist was awarded th…
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That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet. Jhumpa Lahiri Happy 47th birthday, Jhumpa Lahiri! The Bengali-American au…
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If I'm sincere today, what does it matter if I regret it tomorrow? José Saramago November 16, 1922: Nobel Prize winner José Saramago's first job out …
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Oh, earth, you're too wonderful for anybody to realize you. Thornton Wilder January 22, 1938: Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Our Town…
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We'd get sick on too many cookies, but ever so much sicker on no cookies at all. Sinclair Lewis Nobel Prize winner Sinclair Lewis' (born February 7, …
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Ultimately, your theme will find you. You don't have to go looking for it. Richard Russo Happy birthday, Richard Russo! The Pulitzer Prize-winning au…
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Quotable quotes are coins rubbed smooth by circulation. Louis Menand January 21, 1952: Happy 62nd birthday, Louis Menand! The historian won a Pulitze…
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To every separate person a thing is what he thinks it is – in other words, not a thing, but a think. Penelope Fitzgerald December 17, 1916: English w…
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It is true that those we meet can change us, sometimes so profoundly that we are not the same afterwards, even unto our names. Yann Martel Happy 51st…
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Do you think that I count the days? There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk. Jean-…
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O, ah! The awareness of emptiness brings forth a heart of compassion! Gary Snyder Happy 84th birthday, Gary Snyder! The Pulitzer Prize winning writer…
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We are surrounded by story. Alice McDermott Happy 61st birthday, Alice McDermott! The writer and professor has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize…
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We are surrounded by story. Alice McDermott Happy 64th birthday, Alice McDermott. The writer and professor has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize…
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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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I had the epiphany that laughter was light, and light was laughter, and that this was the secret of the universe. Donna Tartt Happy birthday, Donna T…
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The human face has limited space. If you fill it with laughter there will be no room for crying. Rohinton Mistry Happy birthday, Rohinton Mistry! The…
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So many things are possible as long as you don't know they are impossible. Mildred D. Taylor Mildred D. Taylor (born September 13, 1943) is the autho…
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I believe that words are strong, that they can overwhelm what we fear when fear seems more awful than life is good. Andrew Solomon Happy birthday, An…
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The dead can survive as part of the lives of those that still live. Kenzaburō Ōe Happy birthday, Kenzaburō Ōe! The Nobel Prize winner owes his love o…
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O, ah! The awareness of emptiness brings forth a heart of compassion! Gary Snyder Happy 87th birthday, Gary Snyder! The Pulitzer Prize winning writer…
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A single person is missing for you, and the whole world is empty. Joan Didion Happy birthday, Joan Didion! While some of her classmates may have stru…
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Trees, Woods & Forests-Category Guide – Competition 12 – International Garden Photographer of the Year About Trees, Woods & Forests In this category …
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Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable. Wendy Wasserstein Playwright Wendy Wasserstein (born October 18, 1950) won…
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I am not a person to say the words out loud / I think them strongly, or let them hunger from the page. Keri Hulme Happy birthday, Keri Hulme! When th…
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Do not complain beneath the stars about the lack of bright spots in your life. Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson In 1903, Norwegian writer Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson …
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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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The Bountiful Earth-Category Guide – Competition 12 – International Garden Photographer of the Year About The Bountiful Earth Mother Earth provides e…
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All my days I have longed equally to travel the right road and to take my own errant path. Sigrid Undset Norwegian novelist Sigrid Undset (born May 2…
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Wildflower Landscapes-Category Guide – Competition 12 – International Garden Photographer of the Year About Wildflower Landscapes Wildflowers that we…
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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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The Beauty of Plants-Category Guide – Competition 12 – International Garden Photographer of the Year About The Beauty of Plants In association with B…
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Always tell the truth. It's the easiest thing to remember. David Mamet David Mamet (born November 30, 1947) captures colloquial, everyday dialogue—of…
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Beautiful Gardens-Category Guide – Competition 12 – International Garden Photographer of the Year About Beautiful Gardens Visiting a garden is a grea…