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Aug 04
Quote of the week: July roundup
All books are either dreams or swords, You can cut, or you can drug, with words. Amy Lowell, 1874 – 1925 Life is very nice, but it lacks form. It’s the aim of art to give it some. Jean Anouilh, 1910 – 1987 Man’s greatest drive is not love or hate but to change another …
Jul 01
Quote of the week: June roundup
Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare. Harriet Martineau, 1802 – 1876 In books we never find anything but ourselves. Strangely enough, that always gives us great pleasure, and we say the author is a genius. Thomas Mann, 1875 – 1955 The fundamental difference between the mystery story and the ghost story is the fact that …
Jun 13
Pen jibes and stinging ink
Jun 02
Quote of the week: May roundup
One must be drenched in words, literally soaked in them, to have the right ones form themselves into the proper patterns at the right moment. Hart Crane 1899-1932 A word is a bud attempting to become a twig. How can one not dream while writing? It is the pen which dreams. The blank page gives …
May 01
Quote of the week: April roundup
The only way to do all the things you’d like to do is to read. Tom Clancy, 1947-2013 One must be drenched in words, literally soaked in them, to have the right ones form themselves into the proper patterns at the right moment. Hart Crane, 1899-1932 Words strain, Crack and sometimes break, under the burden, …
Apr 05
Quote of the week: March roundup
If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales. Albert Einstein But I will say that living in Ireland has changed the cadence and fullness of speech, since the Irish love words and use as many of them in …
Feb 28
Quote of the week: February roundup
The best style of writing, as well as the most forcible, is the plainest. Horace Greeley, 1811-1872 It is much simpler to buy books than to read them and easier to read them than to absorb their contents. William Osler, 1849-1919 Thank God for books as an alternative to conversation. W. H. Auden, 1907-1973 Success …