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message 1: by Will (last edited Jan 09, 2025 11:18AM) (new)

Will | 4 comments https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1162...

This quote is both paraphrased and has an incorrect source.

It is from one of Alfred Stieglitz's letters found in My Faraway One: Selected Letters of Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz

The correct phrasing is:

People—People.—Phone.—Phone.—Endless. And I am so tired.—And I would like to sleep under trees—Red ones—Blue ones—Swirling passionate ones—


message 2: by Will (new)

Will | 4 comments This might need a Super, unless I'm mistaken. But I'd hate to be wrong so I'll wait to edit my title for now :)


Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂  | 2278 comments Will wrote: "This might need a Super, unless I'm mistaken. But I'd hate to be wrong so I'll wait to edit my title for now :)"
Hi Will

I was able to edit this.

If you know that it definitely appears in one of Stieglitz's books I can add that too.


message 4: by Will (last edited Jan 10, 2025 03:14PM) (new)

Will | 4 comments Thanks Carol!

And yup, it's on page 168 of the book I linked above. Here's a link to it on Google Books if you want to take a look:

https://books.google.com/books?id=uNk...


Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂  | 2278 comments Will wrote: "Thanks Carol!

And yup, it's on page 168 of the book I linked above. Here's a link to it on Google Books if you want to take a look:

https://books.google.com/books?id=uNk......"


Hi Will

We aren't allowed to use Google as a source.

There is a sort of convention (which you couldn't know about!) that the quotes & awards folders are only only for quotes or awards edits, as so few librarians work in these two folders.

& the book you linked to only had O'Keefe & Stieglitz in the title - not in the author fields. So I have added them now & it should be displaying for you. :)


message 6: by Will (new)

Will | 4 comments Huh, neat! It sure seems like a lot of work to keep this site working and correct -- it's a truly impossible task.

Thank you very much for your help!


Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂  | 2278 comments Will wrote: "Huh, neat! It sure seems like a lot of work to keep this site working and correct -- it's a truly impossible task.

Thank you very much for your help!"


With quotes it is an impossible task - but they are my favourite sorts of edits. I really enjoy working with them.

& you're welcome!


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