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  1. 51 minutes ago

    Edna St. Vincent Millay, born on his day in 1892, on the singular power of music

    11:45 AM - 22 Feb 2016 · Details
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  2. 2 hours ago

    Edward Gorey, born on this day in 1925, illustrates The War of the Worlds

    10:45 AM - 22 Feb 2016 · Details
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  3. 3 hours ago

    "A dream job is not about dreaming – it's all job. It's all work, all sweat, no tears."

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  4. 4 hours ago

    Happy birthday, Edward Gorey! Celebrate with his delightfully dark vintage alphabet book

    8:45 AM - 22 Feb 2016 · Details
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  5. 5 hours ago

    On this day in 1897, the most beautiful love letter to the mesmerism of mathematics

    7:45 AM - 22 Feb 2016 · Details
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  6. 6 hours ago

    Remember Umberto Eco with his timeless, timely wisdom on the future of the book

    6:45 AM - 22 Feb 2016 · Details
    11 retweets 18 likes
  7. 7 hours ago

    Happy birthday,Edna St Vincent Millay! The beloved poet's exquisite polyamorous love letters

    5:45 AM - 22 Feb 2016 · Details
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  8. 8 hours ago

    “…Mozart remains as beautiful and tender as he always was and always will be.” Einstein on the privilige of old age

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  9. 13 hours ago

    Happy Birthday, Edna St. Vincent Millay: The Celebrated Poet’s Exquisite Polyamorous Love Letters: “Surely, on...

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  10. 13 hours ago

    Umberto Eco on the Future of the Book: “The book is like the spoon, scissors, the hammer, the wheel. Once inve...

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  11. 13 hours ago

    The Mesmerism of Mathematics: A 19th-century love letter to the most limitless medium of thought. Mathematics...

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  12. 14 hours ago

    Remember Umberto Eco with his brilliant notion of the "antilibrary"

    11:00 PM - 21 Feb 2016 · Details
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  13. 15 hours ago

    "When we consider a book, we mustn’t ask ourselves what it says but what it means." Umberto Eco

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  14. 16 hours ago

    Anaïs Nin, born on this day in 1903, on the art of presence and how to enjoy your vacation

    8:45 PM - 21 Feb 2016 · Details
    13 retweets 46 likes
  15. 16 hours ago

    Happy birthday, Anaïs Nin! One of humanity's most psychologically insightful writers on the elusive nature of joy

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  16. 17 hours ago

    One of the loveliest things ever written about growing older

    7:45 PM - 21 Feb 2016 · Details
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  17. 17 hours ago

    What makes the octopus consciousness so extraordinary – a fascinating science animation

    7:15 PM - 21 Feb 2016 · Details
    20 retweets 36 likes
  18. 18 hours ago

    James Baldwin on the revelation that taught him how to truly see

    6:45 PM - 21 Feb 2016 · Details
    11 retweets 21 likes
  19. 19 hours ago

    For Anaïs Nin's birthday, celebrated writers on the creative benefits of keeping a diary

    5:45 PM - 21 Feb 2016 · Details
    23 retweets 43 likes
  20. 20 hours ago

    Weekly highlights: Seneca on how to fortify yourself against fear, Shonda Rhimes on creative burnout, and more

    5 retweets 12 likes

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