When I’m reading and I run across a beautiful passage or something that moves me, I copy it into my commonplace. Sometimes I draw a line down the middle of each paper and copy the passage on the left and my response to that passage on the right. Other times I just copy down the passage. Writing it out by hand helps the passage become a part of me somehow. It’s a little hard to explain, but if you try it, you’ll know what I mean.
