Doris Lessing Quote
Marcel Proust died on 18 November 1922.
Marcel Proust
“Always try to keep a patch of sky above your life.”-Marcel Proust, Swann’s Way
Doris Lessing, Nobel Prize-winning author, has died at 94 [COURTESY LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOKS]
[Intermezzo] It is Finally Autumn. Ecstatic Autumn! is featured on Words for the Weekend’s The Beauty of Air-Vol. 5. I love both the concept and the execution of this blog, and am chuffed to be included-and amongst such fine company, no less.
I adore vintage adverts of all kinds, but inevitably my favourites feature famous people. There is often a gap between a celebrity’s public image and the products or services they are willing to represent in exchange for money and more press. Naturally, I am in love with this list.*
12 Vintage Advertisements Starring Famous Authors [COURTESY FLAVORWIRE]
Be sure to stop back and let me know what you think!
*My only complaint: I wish they had included more than one ad featuring a woman writer.
Two books from the mid-1800s, given to me by a friend.
Antique Books: Cornell’s Primary Geography and Cushing’s Manual (Rules of Proceeding and Debate in Deliberative Assemblies). Both copies are from the 1850s.
Kurt Vonnegut Quote
Happy Birthday, Kurt Vonnegut! You were, are, and always will be one of my very favourite writers and humans. Your time on planet Earth made the place better for all of us. You are missed, now and forever.
U.S. Army Portrait of Kurt Vonnegut, 1940s
“A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.”-Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan
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