answer to: “quinn you are such a busy girl. of all the things you are doing, what do you love the most.”

monika hardy: “imagine if we never stopped this.. imagine if public ed’s job was to facilitate curiosity.. experimentation.. that’s it…”

via http://monkblogs.blogspot.com/2012/05/quinn.html

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“Live your life, live your life, live your life.”

“I have nothing now but praise for my life. I’m not unhappy. I cry a lot because I miss people. They die and I can’t stop them. They leave me and I love them more. … What I dread is the isolation. … There are so many beautiful things in the world which I will have to leave when I die, but I’m ready, I’m ready, I’m ready.”

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258. interview with Maurice Sendak on Fresh Air after Bumble-ardy was published.

"Dear Mr. Sendak,” read one [letter], from an 8-year-old boy. “How much does it cost to get to where the wild things are? If it is not expensive, my sister and I would like to spend the summer there."

257. from NYTimes obit after Maurice Sendak’s death.

"When the pawn hits the conflicts he thinks like a king
What he knows throws the blows when he goes to the fight
And he’ll win the whole thing ‘fore he enters the ring
There’s no body to batter when your mind is your might
So when you go solo, you hold your own hand
And remember that depth is the greatest of heights
And if you know where you stand, then you know where to land
And if you fall it won’t matter, cause you’ll know that you’re right"

title of Fiona Apple’s last album. reminder via

current album: The idler wheel is wiser than the driver of the screw
and whipping cords will serve you more than rope will ever do

256.

"We ate the cake plain, in sturdy slices, for breakfast or after lunch, and while it was very good right away, it gets even better, more delicate, once the flavors settle for a day. Like a proper pound cake, it’s firm and buttery, but it gets a gentle lift from the citrus, both in flavor and in fragrance, and then, behind it, there comes the deep, toasty, rumbling flavor of the pistachios. It’s an ideal afternoon cake. If I were going to dress it up for company, I might cut up some strawberries, soften them in a little sugar, and heap them on top of a slice, maybe with some lightly whipped cream - or, wait, even better, spoon on some strawberry conserve instead. Or I might do nothing at all."

i just adore molly wizenberg’s writing. it makes me want to quote her. it delights me. http://orangette.blogspot.com/2012/04/no-such-thing.html 255.

254. Give a Damn. via http://colormekatie.blogspot.com/2012/04/things-that-make-me-oh-so-happy.html

"Los Angeles has 800,000 students in its school district,” says Eggers. “All you can do is say, ‘We’re gonna start here with this room and the students who are closest to get to it and the tutors who want to come to it.’ We know we are going to help those students that come in after school, so let’s take care of that first. And then you say, we know the Animo schools exist, we can create our first school partnerships with these schools. It’s just steps. You just chip away. Are there are a hundred more steps to take? Absolutely. Every school, every neighborhood should have a free tutoring center. In L.A., there needs to be at least 1,000 centers. But right now, we’re still trying to pay the rent on this one."

http://www.laweekly.com/2005-06-02/art-books/i-wonder-why-all-kids-don-t-go-to-826/2/

253. start here, now, small.

"‘It’s impossible’ said pride. “It’s risky” said experience. “It’s pointless” said reason. “Give it a try” whispered the heart"

"I want to tell a story. I want to make you feel something, to experience it with me – the way the sun felt that day we had lunch on the patio, the creeping melancholy of a breakfast alone, the happiness of a lunch of fresh oysters & white wine, the lazy conversations with friends that took place over a Sunday roast. Food is about so much more than the actual food itself."

http://bferry.wordpress.com/2012/02/23/honesty/ via http://forme-foryou.com/2012/02/on-bits-of-my-weekend.html

"This year, I will
stop saying yes
when I really mean no,
and stop saying no
when I’m too afraid to say yes."

250. reflections for the new year from: http://hila-lumiere.blogspot.com/2012/01/this-year.html