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The past beats inside me like a second heart. John Banville Happy 70th birthday, John Banville! The Booker Prize-winning novelist also writes crime fiction under the name Benjamin Black—he has said...
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There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor. Charles Dickens December 19, 1843: Charles Dickens self-published one of his most enduring works, A Christmas...
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Where did feelings go when they disappeared? Did they leave a chemical trace somewhere in our minds, so that if we could look inside ourselves we would see via the patterns of neurons some of the...
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I am a cage, in search of a bird. Franz Kafka As a child, Franz Kafka (born July 3, 1883) would write plays for his parents’ birthday and have his sisters act them out.
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She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it). Lewis Carroll July 4, 1862: On this day, Lewis Carroll began telling his famous children’ story, Alice’s...
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See, the world is full of things more powerful than us. But if you know how to catch a ride, you can go places, Neal Stephenson Happy birthday, Neal Stephenson! The Snow Crash writer is actively...
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Fact of the Day: New Jersey is home to the world’s first drive-in movie theater. Today in History: January 24, 1965 Former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill died in London at age 90. Today’s...
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139 Old Norse Words That Invaded The English Language When I say “Old English” what comes to mind? The ornate, hard-to-read script? Reading Beowulf in your high school English class? The kinds of...
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