Books on Buildings: 20 Bookish Murals From Around the World [courtesy Flavorwire]
[Book Nerd Links] Books on Buildings: 20 Bookish Murals From Around the World
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Daily Archives: February 22, 2013
The Dead Writers Roundup: February 22nd-25th
- James Russell Lowell was born on 2/22/1819. “Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.” (A Fable for Critics; Conversations on the Old Poets)
- Jules Renard was born on 2/22/1864. “Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.” (Crime de village; Poil de carotte)
- Edward Gorey was born on 2/22/1925. “To take my work seriously would be the height of folly.” (The Doubtful Guest; The Gashlycrumb Tinies; The Gilded Bat; The Broken Spoke; The Loathsome Couple)
- Elizabeth Bowen died on 2/22/1973. “When you love someone, all your saved-up wishes start coming out.” (The Last September; The House in Paris; The Heat of the Day; Eva Trout; Look At All Those Roses)
- Samuel Pepys was born on 2/23/1633. “Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody.” (The Diary of Samuel Pepys) Continue reading
Happy Birthday Edna St. Vincent Millay, You Timeless Beauty
Edna St. Vincent Millay was born on 22 February 1892, with looks as timeless as the poems she grew up to write.
Edna St. Vincent Millay
QUOTE: “Life must go on; I forget just why.”
SOME WORKS: Renascence, and Other Poems; A Few Figs from Thistles: Poems and Four Sonnets; The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver; Fatal Interview; The Murder of Lidice.
A KEEPSAKE:
Edna St. Vincent Millay Quote Canvas Shopper Bag by Cloudshaped. $25.81
A Small Press Life: Books. Art. Writing. Life. Tea. 