“Remember your particular mental signature. That’s the only thing worth holding on to.” -R. F. Kuang Preamble I know I’ve been away but, dear readers, I am forever thankful to each of you for taking the time to read my little ramblings about life and literature. And if there is ever a topic you would …
Tag Archives: reading
Quote of the Week 10/8/25
“Silence is a statement, Diago. Inaction picks a side. And when those lead to personal benefit, they are complicity.” – James Islington Preamble It is late into the night for me as I write this but, then again, I have always enjoyed writing at night. Maybe its most of the world being asleep, the quite, …
Quote of the Week 7/27
“Still, we do what we can. We keep off strangers and the foolhardy, and we train and we teach, we walk and we weed.” – J.R.R. Tolkien Preamble As an avid reader and writer, it is with great shame that I admit I waited until my thirties to get around to reading the works of …
Quote of the Week 4/26
“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald Preamble The Great Gatsby is one of my all time favorite novels even though I didn’t like it on my first read. I think most of that stemmed from my teacher not walking me through the novel …
Quote of the Week 4/6/25
“Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens.” – Carlos Ruiz Zafon Preamble …
Quote of the Week 10/22/22
“It ought to make us feel ashamed when we talk like we know what we’re talking about when we talk about love.” – Raymond Carver Reading a short story by Raymond Carver feels like a good puzzle. You’ll find the border easy enough, but the rest of it, the best part of it, will take …
Quote of the Week 9/2/2022
“A bookshop is not magic, but it can slowly heal your heart.” – Stephanie Butland Books exist as tiny portals, taking us away from reality into wonderful worlds where anything is possible. While we escape into this micro-worlds, we allow our brain to take a break for awhile. We focus on the words before us, …
Quote of the Week 7/27/2022
“I was living two parts of my life at once.” Yerba Buena by Nina Lacour Today I am starting a new tradition: a weekly quote. These will come from either a book I’m currently reading or a previous book I’ve read. Each week I’ll post a little about what the quote means to me, but …
2021
It’s taken awhile for me to decide what to type in this new year. Last year took a toll that I am still making payments on. Looking forward, I have decided on a few things to improve upon. Like I have stated, I try to avoid New Years Resolutions. Those tend to be fun little …
Cozy
A perfect blanket tucking you in with a warm (not too hot) cup of Elderberry tea in your hand and the rain lazily crashing against your window; this is cozy. I love cozy days and vibes, it’s an aesthetic of mine I chase after. Of course we can’t always have these perfect days and sometimes …
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