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The quiet comfort of a shared blanket in cozy mysteries
A shared blanket is a small object with an unusually rich emotional life. In a cozy mystery, it may be draped over two people beside a crackling fire, folded…
The Silence After Battle In War Memoirs
Quotes on the stillness after battle from war memoirs often carry a different force from descriptions of combat. The noise has stopped, but the mind has not. A…
The Best Quotes on Debt Cycles in Economic History
Debt has a long memory. It appears in ancient records of grain loans, in medieval arguments about interest, in the rise of modern banks and in the household…
The Grace Of A Ballerina In Dance Biographies
A ballerina’s grace is often described as if it were effortless: a lifted chin, a quiet landing, an arm extending through space with the ease of a thought.…
Forgery in words: how crime fiction writes about the con
Crime fiction has always kept a soft spot for the artisan criminal. While bank robbers and jewel thieves make for cinematic chases, the forger plies a quieter…
Cold wind and steady hands: lines from the polar logs
There is a particular kind of cold wind that the polar explorers learned to write about, and it is not the cold wind that the weather bureau warns you about on…
Secrets and silken masks: the thrill of masquerade fiction
Few settings in historical fiction pulse with as much electricity as a masquerade ball. The chandeliers blaze, the orchestra offers a minuet, and across the…
Carved Whispers: Words Found in the Hollows of Forest Trees
For centuries, wanderers have pressed close to the dark openings of old trees and felt the gravity of words left there by strangers. Some inscriptions were…
Ripe fruit and the words we remember: quotations on orchard flavor
The taste of a ripe fruit pulled warm from a backyard tree rarely leaves a person untouched. It arrives in the mouth with a sweetness that is not so much…
Marathon endurance quotes from athletic autobiographies
For runners who spend their weekends racking up the long miles, the marathon has long been the great proving ground of human endurance. Few other pursuits…