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Li-Young Lee
“People who read poetry have heard about the burning bush, but when you write poetry, you sit inside the burning bush.”
Li-Young Lee

Roald Dahl
“I think I have this thing where everybody has to think I'm the greatest.And if they aren't completely knocked out and dazzled and slightly intimidated by me, I don't feel good about myself.”
Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr. Fox

Adrienne Rich
“We move but our words stand
become responsible
for more than we intended

and this is verbal privilege”
Adrienne Rich

J.D. Salinger
“We don't talk, we hold forth. We don't converse, we expound.”
J.D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey

Martin Amis
“Love is an abstract noun, something nebulous. And yet love turns out to be the only part of us that is solid, as the world turns upside down and the screen goes black.”
Martin Amis, The Second Plane: September 11, 2001-2007

year in books
Michael
567 books | 603 friends

Mark
4,809 books | 3,088 friends

Damon
51 books | 1 friend

Morten
28 books | 1 friend

Alan
67 books | 1 friend





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