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October 15, 2019October 15, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“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.”

  Happy birthday, Italo Calvino! Here are quotes from the writer.   “There is nothing for it but for all…

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October 15, 2019October 15, 2025 - Birthday, Books, Philosophy, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“Is not life a hundred times too short for us to bore ourselves?”

  Happy birthday, Friedrich Nietzsche! Here are some quotes from the philosopher:   “Is it better to out-monster the monster…

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October 15, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Philosophy, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“But couldn’t everyone’s life become a work of art?”

  Happy birthday, Michel Foucault! Here are some quotes from the philosopher and historian.   “I am no doubt not…

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October 15, 2019October 22, 2025 - Archives, Poetry, Reading, Writing

Blackcap, by Arthur Sze

  V  E  R  G  E: she sets type by hand and loves how the spaces between letters and between…

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