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June 2012

62 posts

“But the thing about remembering is that you don’t forget.”

– Tim O’Brien, The Things They Carried (via 4mbivalent)

“The grief is quarantined. The sky is blue.”

– Wisława Szymborska, from “Seen from Above” in View with a Grain of Sand, trans. Clare Cavanagh (via proustitute)

“Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.”

– Rest in Peace Nora Ephron

“Ruby sighed, fished through her nightstand for a cigarette. “Tylenol...”

– From SHOUT HER LOVELY NAME by Natalie Serber, available today.

“I was writing a book, to hope one day it would be in the library, but now if it...”

– Jacquelyn, age 9 Visit www.nypl.org/speakout to learn what you can do to protect your roots and support your branches. (via nypl)

Dan Klaidman talks Guantanamo Bay and drones on The Colbert Report. Read KILL OR CAPTURE for a revelatory look at the Obama administration’s internal workings.

“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees,...”

– F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Happy first day of summer!

“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible...”

– Albert Camus. Happy first day of summer! (via doubledaybooks)

“Sometimes people try to make it fancier than it is and they’ll pronounce it...”

– Cheryl Strayed talks to Matthew Batt, as part of his “Hello. My Name Is…” feature on The Nervous Breakdown. Matt’s hilarious new memoir SUGARHOUSE comes out on Tuesday!