July 2012
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/21/books/french-bookstores-are-still-prospering.html?_r=3&src=recg
This article makes me think about whether it is better the way the fixed-price market in France works or the free market approach in the US and England. It initially struck me as much better the French way, as it is helping to preserve small independent bookstores. But isn’t it good for...
June 2012
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“Dear Mr Snicket, What is the best way to keep a secret?”
“Tell it to everyone you know, but pretend you’re joking”
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Lizzie Bennet Diaries →
Guyzzzz it’s like Pride and Prejudice, but a vlog! And funny! Go watch it, because I like it a lot and I want it to keep existing!
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It turns out that, at social gatherings, as a source of entertainment,...
– Dorothy Parker May you have a witty Wednesday. —Daisy (via npr)
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my mother, my daughter. →
dialecstatic:
bitchesgottaeat:
my mother died 6/17/98. i wrote an essay about our life together for the rumpus.
no words.
fine. a few words: it is easy to rail against mediocrity. our access to tossed off, thoughtless banality increases every second. the internet is vast, the dog shit steaming and plenty. ignore it. stop reading it. who gives a fuck. there’s no gravity there, son! turn it...
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Hey I just met you, and this is crazy,
benkling:
but I see patterns in everything and I swear to god I know what’s going to happen before it happens you have to believe me, just trust me, come with me please there’s no time to explain.
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