How a poem made a life and a life a poem. …
A celebration of the delicious enchantment of the very first time. …
“Books and stories are medicine, plaster casts for broken lives and hearts, slings for weakened spirits.” …
“Books — like dogs — are among a handful of things on this planet that just want to be loved. And they will love you back, generously and selflessly, requiring very little in return.” …
“…for every book contains a world.” …
“More and more of our society is centered on pictures and images, which is a beautiful thing. But some of the most important parts of life are not visible in pictures.” …
“More and more of our society is centered on pictures and images, which is a beautiful thing. But some of the most important parts of life are not visible in pictures.” …
In praise of sentences that pull you in with all their teeth. …
“A book to me is like a friend, a shelter, advice, an argument with someone who cares enough to argue with me for a better answer than the one we both already have.” …
“Why are you kissing me in the middle of the sentence?!” …
“We wouldn’t need books quite so much if everyone around us understood us well.” …
How a public library and a messy second-hand bookshop helped a small girl with no money and big dreams change the face of science. …
“Some books are toolkits you take up to fix things, from the most practical to the most mysterious, from your house to your heart, or to make things, from cakes to ships. Some books are wings… Some books are medicine, bitter but clarifying.” …
The anatomy of feeling, the science of psychedelics, Ursula K. Le Guin’s final poetry collection, arresting essays by Zadie Smith, Rebecca Solnit, Anne Lamott, and Audre Lorde, a physicist’s lyrical meditation on science and spirituality, and more. …
Maurice Sendak’s last book, a celebration of history’s heroic women illustrated by Maira Kalman, a stunning serenade to the wilderness, and more. …
“There are times when dreams sustain us more than facts. To read a book and surrender to a story is to keep our very humanity alive.” …