Monday, December 10, 2018

Quote of the Day

I like to have (Nikki Giovanni's Love Poems) around in the kitchen so I can read a poem while the water boils and another while the butter melts, and so on.  It's a reminder to read slow and savor (Love Poems), and the smells of the cooking make me more aware of my senses.

-- Annie Spence, Dear Fahrenheit 451, p. 78

Sunday, December 9, 2018

Quote of the Day

Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

-- Mark Twain

Saturday, December 8, 2018

Quote of the Day

Reading has shaped me, guided me, reflected me, and helped me understand and connect with, and this is not hyperbole, HUMANITY.

-- Annie Spence, Dear Fahrenheit 451, p. 3

Friday, December 7, 2018

Quote of the Day

I absolutely demand of you and everyone I know that they be widely read in every damn field there is; in every religion and every art form and don't tell me you haven't got time!  There's plenty of time.  You need all of these cross-references.  You never know when your head is going to use this fuel, this food for its purposes.

-- Ray Bradbury

Thursday, December 6, 2018

Quote of the Day

I know books on a deep level.  So deep that, over the years, I've found myself talking to the books.  Only in my head, because I'm not crazy; but, inside my head, I talk to them in letter form, because books are fancy and need to be formally addressed.

-- Annie Spence, Dear Fahrenheit 451, p. 2