Introspective but firm, that is…
Alma Mahler, circa 1902
I Dig This Photo of an Introspective Alma Mahler
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Tag Archives: Dead Writers
Louis L’Amour on Flowing Water
“Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.”-Louis L’Amour
Virginia Woolf on Adventuring
“I will not be “famous,” “great.” I will go on adventuring, changing, opening my mind and my eyes, refusing to be stamped and stereotyped. The thing is to free one’s self: to let it find its dimensions, not be impeded.”–Virginia Woolf
Sorry for My Absence! Please Accept This Photo of Maeve Brennan as an Apology!
Hi all! My apologies for the lack of recent posts. We moved into a new apartment two weeks ago, and have been working overtime to settle into the new place. Everything should be back to normal on the blog very soon.
Until then, enjoy this photo of the late Irish writer Maeve Brennan.
Maeve Brennan
Arthur Miller on the Best Work
“The best work that anybody ever writes is the work that is on the verge of embarrassing him, always.”–Arthur Miller
[Book Nerd Links] Where Famous Writers Lived…
The Homes of 18 Legendary Writers [ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST]
Jane Austen Died 200 Years Ago Today
Jane Austen Quote
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Edith Wharton on Dialogue in Fiction
“Dialogue in fiction should be reserved for the culminating moments and regarded as the spray into which the great wave of narrative breaks in curving toward the watcher on the shore.”–Edith Wharton
Fernando Pessoa on Ignoring Life
Fernando Pessoa quote
Thomas Carlyle on the Magic Preservation of Books
“All that mankind has done, thought, gained, or been; it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books.”–Thomas Carlyle
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