> “For now she need not think about anybody. She could be herself, by herself. And that was what now she often felt the need of—to think; well, not even to think. To be silent; to be alone. All the being and the doing, expansive, glittering, vocal, evaporated; and…
Just found in Mary Ruefle's Madness, Rack, and Honey a paragraph that puts me in mind of a theme I've dealt with before [http://tmblr.co/ZhkhVyJbIkJ7] > Once this thought crossed my mind: every time an author dies, out of respect a word should also…
I think there's a remarkable similarity in Mary Ruefle's short passage about writing posted by Austin Kleon [http://tumblr.austinkleon.com/post/92182229341] > “Everything has already been said and done. But, then, if this is so, why do we need more poems in the world?…
After discussing Anna Karenina, War and Peace, Madame Bovary, and Half of a Yellow Sun, Smith writes [http://www.oprah.com/oprahsbookclub/Author-Zadie-Smith-What-to-Read-This-Summer?utm_campaign=SharedPost&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=TumblriOS] > The epic inaction of our summer holidays is perhaps what makes them suitable for the…
> “Time passed. But time flows in many streams. Like a river, an inner stream of time will flow rapidly at some places and sluggishly at others, or perhaps even stand hopelessly stagnant. Cosmic time is the same for everyone, but human time differs with each person. Time flows in…
An amazing appreciation from Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren's How to Read a Book via Brain Pickings [http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2011/12/14/how-to-read-a-book-marginalia/?utm_content=buffer0d678&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer] > When you buy…
Knishes aren't in my baking repertory even though I enjoy eating them and am happy to say that I've visited Yonah Schimmel's Knishery [http://www.knishery.com] in New York City. Laura Silver, author of Knish: In Search of The Jewish Soul Food, was…
For years I've been fascinated and puzzled by Joseph Sheridan LeFanu's story "Green Tea." Now comes word of a study that speaks to benefits of drinking green tea and contributes to the air of mystery that surrounds the beverage for me. This might be…