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Category Archives: commonplace book
Fantastic quote from The Most Dangerous Thing by Laura Lippman
The reflections of a father after reading some of his teenage daughter’s text messages: Yet the conversation, such as it was, revealed almost nothing. The only topics were location (at mall/at McDonald’s/at skate park) and mood. Everything is lame. Everyone … Continue reading
from “Fidelity” by Wendell Berry
She thought it strange and wonderful that she had been given these to love. She thought it a blessing that she had loved them to the limit of her grief at parting with them, and that grief had only deepened … Continue reading
from Life is a Miracle: An Essay Against Modern Superstition by Wendell Berry
No individual life is an end in itself. One can live fully only by participating fully in the succession of the generations, in death as well as in life. Some would say (and I am one of them) that we … Continue reading
Book review: Evidence: Poems by Mary Oliver
Title: Evidence: Poems Author: Mary Oliver Genre: Poetry Publisher: Beacon Press Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Mary Oliver was a new poet to me when I received Evidence: Poems in the mail from the Goodreads First Reads program. Oliver … Continue reading
Book review: 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
Title: 84, Charing Cross Road Author: Helene Hanff Genre: Non-fiction, epistolary memoir Publisher: Penguin Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Source: Print copy from the public library First line: Dear Madam, In reply to your letter of October 5th, we … Continue reading
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