December 2011
69 posts
Make Your Kid a Writer
Let her be bored. Let her have long afternoons with absolutely nothing to do. Limit her TV-watching time and her internet-playing time and take away her cell phone. Give her a whole summer of lazy mornings and dreamy afternoons. Make sure she has a library card and a comfy corner where she can curl up with a book.
Give her a notebook and five bucks so she can pick out a great pen. Insist she...
“Zest is the secret of all beauty. There is no beauty that is attractive without...”
– christian dior
“There’s a whole community of us. We’re all interested in it for different...”
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“Timing is everything, and chemistry isn’t something you just throw in a frying...”
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“People should not be taken for granted — not the ones who raised you, not the...”
Spanish & English literature of the 16th & 17th...
The elements fire, air, and water, were fundamental in the conception of the medival world. Their order was fixed, and it was their equilibrium alone which differentiated the established world from chaos. This was the doctrine of the ancient world, and it was incorporated into the scholastic system. (Ovid’s is perhaps the best - known description, at the beginning of the first book of the...
Literary Devices
Literary Devices
