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blugio: “La parola scritta mi ha insegnato ad ascoltare la voce umana, pressappoco come gli...

blugio:

“La parola scritta mi ha insegnato ad ascoltare la voce umana, pressappoco come gli atteggiamenti maestosi e immoti delle statue m’hanno insegnato ad apprezzare i gesti degli uomini. Viceversa, con l’andar del tempo, la vita m’ha chiarito i libri. ”

Marguerite Yourcenar, Memorie di Adriano

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"The library is inhabited by spirits that come out of the pages at night."

“The library is inhabited by spirits that come out of the pages at night.”

- Isabel Allende (b. 2 August 1942)

"A book must be the ax for the frozen sea within us."

“A book must be the ax for the frozen sea within us.”

- Franz Kafka, The Trial 
(via fyp-philosophy)

proseandpassion: old books seen at the antiques fair,...

proseandpassion:

old books seen at the antiques fair, Gloucester Green, Oxford (every Thursday).
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kvetchlandia: Robert Doisneau Poet Jacques Prévert, Rue du...

kvetchlandia:

Robert Doisneau     Poet Jacques Prévert, Rue du Crimée, Paris     1955

The mother knits
The son goes to the war
She finds this quite natural, the mother
And the father?
What does the father do?
He has his business
His wife knits
His son goes to the war
He has his business
He finds this quite natural, the father
And the son
And the son
What does the son find?
He finds absolutely nothing, the son
The son: his mother does her knitting,
His father has his business
And he has the...

"The writer’s job is to get the main character up a tree, and then once they are up there, throw..."

“The writer’s job is to get the main character up a tree, and then once they are up there, throw rocks at them.”

- By Vladimir Nabokov (via hush-syrup)

"A beautiful thing is never perfect."

“A beautiful thing is never perfect.”

- Egyptian Proverb (via quotemadness)

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howitzerliterarysociety: “Tell me more of this dream where you...

howitzerliterarysociety:

“Tell me more of this dream where you bite into your ears and they are solid while your body is hollow.”