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February 9, 2019April 4, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“Unimaginable perhaps; but the unimaginable is there to be imagined.”

Happy birthday, J. M. Coetzee! 79, today! “The activity of writing, then, is not to be distinguished from the activity…

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February 8, 2019April 4, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“Lose something every day.”

Happy birthday, Elizabeth Bishop! Here are some quotes from her writing. “Oh, must we dream our dreams / and have…

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February 7, 2019April 4, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Writing

“Procrastination is the thief of time.”

Happy birthday, Charles Dickens! Here are some quotes from his writing. “I am quite serious when I say that I…

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February 6, 2019April 4, 2019 - Birthday, Film, Quotes

“Sometimes life has more imagination than we do.”

Happy birthday, François Truffaut! Here are some quotes from Truffaut and stills from his films: “Three films a day, three…

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February 6, 2019April 4, 2019 - Birthday, Music, Quotes

“Lively up yourself and don’t be no drag!”

Happy birthday, Bob Marley! Here are some quotes from Marley: “One good thing about music, when it hits you, you…

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February 5, 2019April 4, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Fiction, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“The word is now a virus.”

Happy birthday, William S. Burroughs! Here are some quotes from this writer’s provocative writing: “Open your mind and let the…

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February 4, 2019April 4, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Fiction, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“In its profanity, fiction sanctifies life.”

Happy birthday, Robert Coover! 87, today, and still kicking fiction’s keister! Here are some quotes from a writer whose densely…

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February 4, 2019April 4, 2019 - Birthday, Nonfiction, Politics, Quotes

Happy birthday, Rosa Parks!

“I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be…

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February 3, 2019April 4, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Fiction, Poetry, Quotes, Writing

“Looking is not vanishing.”

Happy birthday, Gertrude Stein! Here’s a selection of quotes from her marvelous writing: “Writing and reading is to me synonymous…

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February 2, 2019April 4, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Fiction, Quotes, Reading

“Does nobody understand?”

Happy birthday, James Joyce! Here are some quotes from his writing: From “James Clarence Mangan” (1902)“Poetry, even when apparently most…

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