Ned Hayes's Blog, page 92

"The sound of a distant ocean covers me with surf, that tide...

"The sound of a distant ocean covers me with surf, that tide that bears me back eternally into the past, back to the place where I was born. My mother took me out in our little fishing boat, out on the open water of the sea. The thrum and hiss of surf upon the shore behind us, the breaking rhythm never ceasing. My mother waited until we were out of sight of land…. Now, people come through the whiteness towards me, but all of them are ghosts."

— from the novel Sinful Folk

"He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two."

“He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.”

- Victor Hugo (via fightstackofbooks)

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A 4TH OF JULY — FAMILY STORYIn 1812, the Hayes family...

A 4TH OF JULY — FAMILY STORY

In 1812, the Hayes family lived in Maryland. Taxes were being collected by the government for the war effort. A man came around from the government and collected a very large estate tax, which left the family nearly penniless until the next harvest. A few weeks later, a second man appeared with government credentials, and informed all the local gentry that the first one had been a con-man, and had taken all of their money and disappeared out west.

Because they had no funds left to pay the actual government tax, the estate was now forfeit to the government. The family asked their next door neighbor to make a special appeal to the U.S. Congress to request that they could stay on the farm property until the patriarch of the family passed away. The gracious next-door neighbor who made this successful appeal to Congress was Francis Scott Key. 

True family story! 

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“The sound of a distant ocean covers me with surf, that tide...

“The sound of a distant ocean covers me with surf, that tide that bears me back into the past, back to the place where I was born. People come through the whiteness, through the bright light, but all of them are ghosts.”

— from the novel SINFUL FOLK

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worshippedcats:edited by me

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edited by me

"Not that she objected to solitude. Quite the contrary. She had books, thank Heaven, quantities of..."

“Not that she objected to solitude. Quite the contrary. She had books, thank Heaven, quantities of books. All sorts of books.”

- Jean Rhys, Quartet (via simplybookdrunk)

neil-gaiman:Books Everyone Should Read — an...

neil-gaiman:

Books Everyone Should Read — an infographic.

From http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/books-everyone-should-read/

CREDITS —

RESEARCH & DESIGN: DAVID MCCANDLESS, MIRIAM QUICK, MATT HANCOCK

DATA: BIT.LY/BOOKSEVERYONE

SOURCES: UK’S MOST BORROWED LIBRARY BOOKS, DESERT ISLAND DISCS BOOK CHOICES, PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS (1948-2010) ASKMETAFILTER.COM’S BOOKS EVERYONE SHOULD READ, WORLD BOOK DAY POLL, TELEGRAPH 100 NOVELS EVERYONE SHOULD READ, GOODREADS.COM, BSPCN.COM, GUARDIAN 100 NOVELS EVERYONE MUST READ, MAN BOOKER PRIZE WINNERS, OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB LIST.

Amazing papercut illustration by Sinful Folk illustrator Nikki...

Amazing papercut illustration by Sinful Folk illustrator Nikki McClure

SOURCE: solarscallop:”We Are Starlight,” Nikki McClure, Olympia Washington paper artist