May 2013
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May 10th
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May 10th
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May 8th
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May 6th
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“Books aren’t all supposed to be our best friends. Sometimes they’re supposed to...”
– Kevin Smokler (via millionsmillions)
May 6th
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May 6th
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May 3rd
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April 2013
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“For me, though, it’s not just, or even primarily, about sorrow. What comes...”
– Barbara J. King, comparing human and animal grief.
Apr 29th
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Apr 25th
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Apr 25th
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Apr 25th
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Apr 23rd
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Apr 23rd
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Apr 23rd
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Apr 21st
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Apr 21st
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Listenliteraryjukebox: Often what we, looking at a...
Apr 21st
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Apr 18th
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Apr 18th
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Apr 18th
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Apr 18th
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Apr 17th
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“1. All beliefs in whatever realm are theories at some level. (Stephen...”
– Prospero’s Precepts  – 11 rules for critical thinking from history’s great minds. (via explore-blog)
Apr 16th
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Apr 16th
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Apr 16th
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“[Age] makes you more aware of other people’s lives. You see more from the...”
– William Maxwell, 1982. Pair with Neil deGrasse Tyson on why you should live like the mayfly and Tolstoy on the meaning of life. (via explore-blog)
Apr 16th
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Apr 16th
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Apr 16th
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Apr 10th
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Apr 10th
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Apr 5th
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Apr 5th
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Apr 5th
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Apr 3rd
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March 2013
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Mar 29th
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Mar 28th
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Mar 28th
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“Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character has...”
– John Stuart Mill (via nevver)
Mar 25th
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Mar 25th
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Mar 25th
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Mar 25th
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“Art and music are the first things to go in schools. The role of art is...”
– Ira Coyne, sign painter. (via explore-blog)
Mar 20th
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“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the...”
– Henry David Thoreau
Mar 15th
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Mar 11th
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Mar 8th
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Mar 8th
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Mar 6th
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“Epitaph When I die Give what’s left of me away To children And old men that...”
–  Noticing this morning’s reblog from Humans of New York, our producer Phyllis Myers was reminded of this poem, which is a favorite of hers, and it’s so lovely I wanted to pass it along to the rest of you. (via nprfreshair)
Mar 6th
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“I think I came to really understand something very deep that served my poetry...”
– Elizabeth Alexander, interviewed at On Being
Mar 5th