literature – Hmm…

Oh, Libraries!

Jan 25, 2013

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“Human beings can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned.” – Saul Bellow, in “Him with His Foot in His Mouth”, from Him with His Foot in His Mouth and Other Stories (1984) I once made an acquaintance with a man who had the most amazing library. It wasn’t the biggest library…

A Thought from JRR Tolkien – Outside the Prison Walls of Reality

Oct 26, 2011

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I thought I’d run out of quotes, until it occurred to me to look up authors I like and see what they say about writing. So – voila! – here is Tolkien, nicely following up on Oscar Wilde’s thoughts on real life in literature: I have claimed that Escape is one of the main functions…

A Thought from Oscar Wilde – On Real Life and Literature

Sep 28, 2011

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I hate vulgar realism in literature. The man who could call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one. It is the only thing he is fit for. – Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde, I think we agree on something. If I wanted “real life,” what would I read a book for?

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Oh, Libraries!

A Thought from JRR Tolkien – Outside the Prison Walls of Reality

A Thought from Oscar Wilde – On Real Life and Literature