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November 10, 2018

"Buy hardcover copy of “Infinite Jest” at brick-and-mortar bookstore. Touch paper and feel connected..."

Buy hardcover copy of “Infinite Jest” at brick-and-mortar bookstore. Touch paper and feel connected to hundreds of years of printed language. Flash cashier knowing, learned smile. Commend self for protecting bookstores from onslaught of crass digital commercialism.


Walk home and experience heft of text as bag handles dig into palm. Embrace heaviness as evidence of import. Thumb nose at pedestrians who aren’t carrying impressive, heavy books. Feel smug.


Brush up on book on Wikipedia to corrobo...

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Published on November 10, 2018 04:51

"I was supposed to be having the time of my life."

“I was supposed to be having the time of my life.”

- Sylvia Plath (via quotemadness)

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Published on November 10, 2018 04:16

iosonorockmaballoiltango: L'unica gioia al mondo è cominciare. È bello vivere perché vivere è...

iosonorockmaballoiltango:

L'unica gioia al mondo è cominciare. È bello vivere

perché vivere è cominciare, sempre, ad ogni istante.


Cesare Pavese



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Published on November 10, 2018 03:41

"Le uniche due volte che Evaristo Carriego si ricordò del tango, fu solo per vederci della felicità."

“Le uniche due volte che Evaristo Carriego si ricordò del tango, fu solo per vederci della felicità.”

- Jorge Luis Borges (via falpao)

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Published on November 10, 2018 03:11

zdmotion: CURTAIN Any window, its importance appearswhen it does...



zdmotion:

CURTAIN

Any window,
its importance appears
when it does not exist.
Without it only
the darkness.
Clarity is required
Light is health is life.

~zd

PhotoChallenge2018 - Week 45: Window 

Thank you RK - photochallenge2018

Lovely @zdmotion ! Almost abstract…beautiful composition with subtle colors.

- RK

zdspOtted the other zdmOtiOn blog
zdspOtted a new look on the photography
zdspOtted experimental photography.blog



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Published on November 10, 2018 02:36

November 9, 2018

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Published on November 09, 2018 06:30

"Please, consider me a dream."

“Please, consider me a dream.”

- Franz Kafka (via quotemadness)

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Published on November 09, 2018 05:55

vladimir-nabokov-official: vagabondbohemia: A manuscript page...



vladimir-nabokov-official:

vagabondbohemia:

A manuscript page of Invitation to a Beheading by Vladimir Nabokov

also the masterpiece that took nabokov a mere 2 weeks to write!



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Published on November 09, 2018 05:20

"Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy..."

“Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.”

- G.K. Chesterton (via quotemadness)

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Published on November 09, 2018 04:16

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Rabolas
From my projects as an indie writer and poet, through everything about books and libraries, a blog on the world of indie Italian literature

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