June 2012
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“For beyond the difficulty of communicating oneself, there is the supreme...”
– Virginia Woolf, “Montaigne” from The Common Reader: First Series
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“Saints and martyrs had never interested Maggie so much as sages and poets.”
– George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
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aheartofzen asked: Thank you for introducing "us" to Anna Akhmatova...
theblueoftombs asked: But a moment ago, a moment, / The poplars suddenly stilled, / And your ineffable joy, / Rang out, your poisonous song. -Anna Ahkmatova, from "As a silver, delicate thread..."
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“They are flying, they are still on their way,
The words of love and release.
I...”
– Anna Akhmatova, from The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova, translated by Judith Hemschemeyer
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“Forgive me, that I manage badly,
Manage badly but live gloriously,
That I...”
– Anna Akhmatova, from The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova, translated by Judith Hemschemeyer
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theblueoftombs asked: Memory of sun ebbs from the heart. —Anna Ahkmatova
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“Ernest once told me that the word paradise was a Persian word that meant “walled...”
– Paula McLain, The Paris Wife (with thanks to blogut)
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“But don’t be satisfied with stories,
how things have gone with others....”
– Rumi, from The Essential Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks
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“There’s a space at the bottom of an exhale, a little hitch between taking...”
– Mary Karr, Lit: A Memoir
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“Someone spoke to me last night,
told me the truth. Just a few words,
but I...”
– Dorianne Laux, “Dust”
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“It was a lovely breezy afternoon with a western horizon like a luminous vacuum...”
– Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire (thank you, leopoldgursky)
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“Poetry is an intimate act. It’s about bringing forth something...”
– Dorianne Laux, The Poet’s Companion: A Guide To The Pleasures of Writing Poetry 