May 2013
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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
– Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Bad buildings deserve, some hold, to ashen in their heap. Now as cinders
descend, leaders will be better.
From “Turner I” by Marsha Pomerantz
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“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no...”
– Robert Frost
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“I used to think that the interesting issue was whether we should have a monarchy...”
– Hilary Mantel (via)
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“Foolish is the person who misses his chance and afterwards reproaches fate.”
– Yahya ibn Ziyad
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“The Gulf War did not take place.”
– Jean Baudrillard
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“Nothing is so firmly believed as that which least is known.”
– Michel de Montaigne
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Green Men
nyrbclassics:
Kingsley Amis’s very funny and very scary ghost story, The Green Man, has just been released. The cover features an excellent depiction of the Green Man by Eric Hanson, following in the footsteps of many wild cover variations, including the above, and this one too.
Striking a different tone altogether is the soft-core 1970s Panther edition. Thanks to Ryan Britt’s Tor.com review...
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“Is writing the gift of curling up, of curling up with reality? One would so love...”
– Elfriede Jelinek
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“Love has no uttermost, as the stars have no number and the sea no rest.”
– Eleanor Farjeon
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“Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person...”
– Oscar Wilde
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