January 2011
39 posts
“My skin is kind of sort of brownish pinkish yellowish white. My eyes are greyish...”
– Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends (via booksloveback)
“I have found that—just as in real life—imagination sometimes has to stand in for...”
– Steve Martin, An Object of Beauty: A Novel (via sam-pop)
LeGuin on Reading
literary-labyrinth:
“Reading is performance. The reader— the child under the blanket with a flashlight, the woman at the kitchen table, the man at the library desk— performs the work. The performance is silent. The reader hears the sounds of the words and the beat of the sentences only in their inner ear. Silent drummers on noiseless drums. An amazing performance in an amazing theater.”
— Ursula...
My books aren't perfect. Their spines have been...
“NBC’s morning program aired an eight-minute segment with the Jersey Shore star...”
– ‘Today Show’ Snubs 2011 Caldecott, Newbery Winners (via sarah-librarian)
