February 2012
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“The flesh is easy to satisfy. It’s the heart that is insatiable, the heart that...”
– Irène Némirovsky, Fire in the Blood, p. 127 (via intracoastal-wanderings)
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Reading a book really is better the second time... →
Second read-through is ‘more emotional’
Can offer mental health benefits, say researchers
Same effect applies to watching films or holidaying in familiar places
Reading a favourite book for a second time often feels like a different experience - now scientists say that it actually IS different.
The habit of watching films or reading books multiple times encourages people to...
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“How is one to live a moral and compassionate existence when one is fully aware...”
– Barry Lopez. (via antoniovo)
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“So that’s how we live our lives. No matter how deep and fatal the loss, no...”
– Haruki Murakami (Sputnik Sweetheart)
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“Yes, it makes sense, Carl Jenks joked. Oh, it makes perfect sense that Hell is...”
– Swamplandia! Karen Russell (via creativecloud)
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