Ned Hayes's Blog, page 94
June 21, 2014
booksandpublishing:
In Japanese, tsundoku means, “the act of...
In Japanese, tsundoku means, “the act of buying books and not reading them, leaving them to pile up.”
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Joan Didion
ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF PUBLICATION DATE OF JOAN DIDION’S “SLOUCHING TOWARDS BETHLEHEM” — June 21, 1968
The Complete Essays
Over four decades of writing have done nothing to blunt Joan Didion’s razor sharp wit or dull her sparkling prose. A full list of all her essays that are available online is here.
June 18, 2014
June 17, 2014
June 16, 2014
"I like the idea that every page in every book can have a gem on it. It’s probably what I love most..."
- In His Own Words: A Conversation with Markus Zusak. “The Book Thief” (via readbeforeyouwrite)
"A bird calls, distant and wounded. The woods are still as...
"A bird calls, distant and wounded. The woods are still as death. Quick steam huffs in and out of Geoff’s open mouth. And with that, the dangerous moment seems past. We gather wood and help Tom build his fire. As I pick up spare twigs and dried bracken, I wonder how far our sounds penetrate into the black forest, and how far our shouts echo along the White Road."
quotesfromfiction:
"It is important that you say what you mean...
"It is important that you say what you mean to say. Time is too short. You must speak the words that matter." - The Magician’s Elephant (Kate DiCamillo)
June 12, 2014
"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."
June 11, 2014
"That’s the beauty of books. We get to take what we want out of them and it can be different for..."
- Kristen Ashley (via booklikes)
