Sarah Manguso’s advice to young writers is a good note to start our day on: ‘Once you’ve truly begun, slow down.’
Sarah Manguso, “How to Have a Career: Advice to Young Writers,” FSG’s Work in Progress
Preach.
Tracks
If only one of you is in the mood, do it. Even if sex isn’t great every time, it’s a unique form of communication and togetherness that can help you stay together with a good degree of contentment.
Every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. And the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star than your right hand. It really is the most poetic thing I know about physics.
You are all stardust.
You couldn’t be here if stars hadn’t exploded. Because the elements, the carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, iron, all the things that matter for evolution weren’t created at the beginning of time. They were created in the nuclear furnaces of stars. And the only way they could get into your body is if the stars were kind enough to explode.
So forget Jesus. The stars died so you could be here today.
-Lawrence Krauss
(via Sarah on FB)
When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me.
on being loved
“And if you ever forget, I’ll happily remind you.”
“…I won’t.”
