Quote for Today: Catherynne M. Valente
Squeeze your eyes closed, as tight as you can, and think of all your favorite autumns, crisp and perfect, all bound up together like a stack of cards. That is …
Quote for Today: Rainer Maria Rilke
At no other time (than autumn) does the earth let itself be inhaled in one smell, the ripe earth; in a smell that is in no way inferior to the …
Quote for Today: William H. Gass
The word itself has another color. It’s not a word with any resonance, although the e was once pronounced. There is only the bump now between b and l, the …
Undercurrents of Sensuality and Aggression in Bram Stoker’s Dracula
The most famous of vampires is Dracula. Why are we mesmerized by this character created more than a century ago? We owe our acquaintance with Dracula, a figure who has …
Quote for Today: D.H. Lawrence
It is easy to see why each man kills the things he loves. To know a living thing is to kill it… To try to know a living being is …