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“Nothing except luck protects you from catastrophe. Not love. Not money. Not faith. Not a pure heart or good deeds--and not bad ones either, for that matter. We can, any of us, be laid low, cut down, diminished, destroyed.”
― Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald
― Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald
“I’m Alabama-born, so a transplant here—but I think I could enjoy growing some roots.”
― Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald
― Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald
“I've become convinced that our lives are shaped less by the mistakes we make than when we make them. There is less elasticity now. Less time to bounce back. And so I heed the urgent whisper and move with greater and greater deliberation.”
― Hourglass: Time, Memory, Marriage
― Hourglass: Time, Memory, Marriage
“Literature makes us better noticers of life; we get to practice on life itself; which in turn makes us better readers of detail in literature; which in turn makes us better readers of life.”
― The Art of Memoir
― The Art of Memoir
“It's hard for anybody to put their finger on the moment when life changes from being something that is nearly all in front of you to something that happened while your attention was elsewhere.”
― Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country
― Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country
Ask Austin Kleon - Thursday, March 13th!
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Join us on Thursday, March 13th, for a special discussion with author Austin Kleon! The author will be discussing his book Show Your Work. Become a f ...more
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