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"I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us. If the book we’re reading..."

“I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us. If the book we’re reading doesn’t wake us up with a blow on the head, what are we reading it for? …. A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.”

- Franz Kafka
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brianmichaelbendis:A couple of images from Yesterday’s...

brianmichaelbendis:

A couple of images from Yesterday’s official Powers series green light announcement at Sony’s E3 press event

can’t say I ever thought I would see this artwork draped across the LA sports arena.

thank you to everyone who has flooded us with well wishes about the series and snarky comments about my suit :-)

again, I must remind you, look at what you’re wearing now look at what I’m wearing… now be quiet :-)

I’m surprised none of you noticed that it was ACTUALLY subliminal cospl...

E3: Games Frontrunner Sony To Launch $99 PlayStation TV, YouTube, ‘Powers’ Show, Much More

E3: Games Frontrunner Sony To Launch $99 PlayStation TV, YouTube, ‘Powers’ Show, Much More:

Sony’s PS4 videogame console will get a new game-playing cousin in the U.S. and Canada this fall, the PlayStation TV, a $99 video device that can play olde

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explore-blog:Kafka on books and what reading does for the...

explore-blog:

Kafka on books and what reading does for the human soul – spectacular letter to his childhood friend

"If there is no feeling, there cannot be great art… You can only go with loves in this life."

“If there is no feeling, there cannot be great art… You can only go with loves in this life.”

- Ray Bradbury, whom we lost 2 years ago today, on emotion vs. intelligenceand the core of creativity (via explore-blog)

strandbooks:First of all, this cover is awesome. And here are...

strandbooks:

First of all, this cover is awesome. And here are a few choice excerpts. (For some reason I find myself reading them in the voice of a distinguished older English gent.)

"The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of..."

“The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.”

- Galileo Galilei (via jtotheizzoe)

gregtenenbaum:RIP Gordon Willis

gregtenenbaum:

RIP Gordon Willis

Like publishing of Finland kills the foreign edition cover art...

Like publishing of Finland kills the foreign edition cover art competition yet again. Already Dead.