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“... Paris was a very old city and we were young and nothing was simple there, not even poverty, nor sudden money, nor the moonlight, nor right and wrong nor the breathing of someone who lay beside you in the moonlight.”

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D.H. Lawrence, from the essay “Why the Novel Matters” (via lotusohm)

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tags: dh lawrence  novels  literature 

"A character in a novel has got to live, or it is nothing. We, likewise, in life have got to live, or we are nothing."

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BANNED BOOKS WEEK
(SEPTEMBER 25 - OCTOBER 2)

Four posters from last year’s Banned Books Week presented by Schlow Centre Region Library

tags: Banned Books  week  September 25  October 2  books  novels  literature  posters  Alice In Wonderland  Lord of the Rings  Harry Potter  Where The Wild Things Are 
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Zora Neale Hurston; Their Eyes Were Watching God (via wordpainting)

tags: quotes  lit  fiction  classics  novels 

"There are years that ask questions and years that answer."

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Terry Goodkind  (via whispingwillow)

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tags: Quotes  lit  fiction  novels  reality 

"I often hear people say that they read to escape reality, but I believe that what they’re really doing is reading to find reason for hope, to find strength. While a bad book leaves readers with a sense of hopelessness and despair, a good novel, through stories of values realized, of wrongs righted, can bring to readers a connection to the wonder of life. A good novel shows how life can and ought to be lived. It not only entertains but energizes and uplifts readers."