Ephemerality

Christmas is a time when utter perfection seems within human reach: family members come home again, gifts bring joy to both donor and recipient, and goodwill pours from every lighted window.

—Karal Ann Marling, Merry Christmas! Celebrating America’s Greatest Holiday (via ephemeralness)

There is no point in fighting them or explaining to them that we should be able to coexist civilly in the marketplace, I don’t think they care. I do think it’s worthwhile explaining to customers that the lowest price point does not always represent the best deal. If you like going to a bookstore then it’s up to you to support it. If you like seeing the people in your community employed, if you think your city needs a tax base, if you want to buy books from a person who reads, don’t use Amazon.

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Ann Patchett, Amazon’s Jungle Logic - NYTimes.com

This is an awesome article on Amazon, written by Richard Russo. Worth your time.

Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.

—F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

Time was passing like a hand waving from a train I wanted to be on. I hope you never think about anything as much as I think about you.

—Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Jonathan Safran-Foer)

A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.

—George R. R. Martin (via morethansky)

Haha, especially if one is reading ASOIF. Amirite? Death, death everywhere and not a drop to drink.

(via peterwknox)