May 2012
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May 31st
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May 29th
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May 29th
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May 28th
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May 25th
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“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you’re all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn’t happen much, though.” ― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
May 25th
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May 23rd
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"May" by Christina Rossetti
I cannot tell you how it was,  But this I know: it came to pass  Upon a bright and sunny day  When May was young; ah, pleasant May!  As yet the poppies were not born  Between the blades of tender corn;  The last egg had not hatched as yet,  Nor any bird foregone its mate.  I cannot tell you what it was,  But this I know: it did but pass.  It passed away with sunny May,  Like all sweet things it...
May 22nd
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May 21st
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May 21st
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“But what is memory if not the language of feeling, a dictionary of faces and days and smells which repeat themselves like the verbs and adjectives in a speech, sneaking in behind the thing itself, into the pure present, making us sad or teaching us vicariously…” ― Julio Cortázar, Hopscotch
May 20th
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May 19th
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Random House: 13 Gifts for Graduates from... →
randomhouse: “You’re off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, So… get on your way!” ― Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go! Oh, The Places You’ll Go, by Dr. Seuss The Best Advice I Ever Got, by Katie Couric What Color Is Your Parachute? 2012, by…
May 18th
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May 15th
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May 15th
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May 14th
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May 14th
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May 12th
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“What makes lovemaking and reading resemble each other most is that within both of them times and spaces open, different from measurable time and space.” ― Italo Calvino
May 11th
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May 11th
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May 11th
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May 11th
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“I think books are like people, in the sense that they’ll turn up in your life when you most need them.” ― Emma Thompson
May 11th
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“I am free and that is why I am lost.” ― Franz Kafka
May 9th
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May 8th
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May 8th
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“At some point in your life, this statement will be true: Tomorrow you will lose everything forever.” ― Charles Yu, How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
May 8th
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May 7th
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May 6th
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May 4th
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“What I say is, a town isn’t a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a...”
– Neil Gaiman, American Gods (via larmoyante)
May 3rd
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May 3rd
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May 3rd
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May 2nd
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11 Gifts for Moms Who Love Memoirs
randomhouse: Mom taught you to always tell the truth. Show her you learned your lesson with the gift of a memoir. From Anna Quindlen’s funny, candid, and moving Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake to Cheryl Strayed’s powerful, unstintingly honest Wild to Garry Marshall’s entertaining reminiscence-filled My Happy Days in Hollywood, you’ll find the perfect present for mom. Read More Thrilled...
May 2nd
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May 2nd
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“He says he’s lonely, horribly lonely because of this love he feels for her. She says she’s lonely too. She doesn’t say why.” ― Marguerite Duras, The Lover
May 2nd
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May 1st
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May 1st
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