“Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?”-Albert Camus (died on 4 January 1960)
Albert Camus, 1957
“Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.”-T.S. Eliot (died on 4 January 1965)
T.S. Eliot
Respect My Time
No Frivolous Diversions
Henrik Ibsen, circa 1864
Set Specific Goals
Remain Open
Write More
Read!
John Steinbeck Quote
10 Literary Portraits of a Young Artist [courtesy Flavorwire]
“Choose love not in the shallows/but in the deep.”-Christina Rossetti (died on 12/29/1894)
Christina Rossetti, portrait by her brother
“Let everything happen to you/Beauty and terror/Just keep going/No feeling is final.”-Rainer Maria Rilke (died on 12/29/1926)
Rainer Maria Rilke by Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1906
“The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.”-Eden Phillpotts (died on 12/29/1960)
Eden Phillpotts by Frederic Taber Cooper, 1912
Theodore Dreiser died on 28 December 1945. He was seventy-four.
A grumpy Theodore Dreiser looks like he wants to cut you. 1917.
“Art is the stored honey of the human soul.”-Theodore Dreiser
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Happy Christmas!
Harper’s Bazar, XMAS 1894
“Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time.”-Laura Ingalls Wilder
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