January 9, 2013

January 9, 2013

Mashup at the Public Library New Book Shelf

I walk through the rooms of memory…  Marge Piercy

Recently, some psychologically and evolutionarily minded theorists have argued that sex and romance, although often co-occurring, are two different things.  –Understanding Asexuality

In such works, limbs threaten to detach, and sometimes do; the dismemberment seems completely natural.  On de Kooning

The classic overcoat for the office is fashioned from dark cloth.  –A Guy’s Guide to Style

If ground for too long, nuts turn into paste because of their high oil content.  Les Petits Macaroons

The rise in the diagnosis of sexual mania in women corresponded to an intense contemporary anxiety about unsatisfied female desire….  –Mrs. Robinson’s Disgrace:  The Private Diary of a Victorian Lady

Random people at church would slip a check into my Bible when I wasn’t looking.  –Nowhere but Up:  The Story of Justin Bieber’s Mom

Mohammed used his car as a taxi for a time to make a little money after his accountant job ended, but then a roadside bomb went off near him one day and he was badly hurt.  –Voices from Iraq

Overheard exchange between two library patrons:  “Hello, wife!”  “Hello!”

I’d wake with you/next to me brooding—/you said your heart/was a trapdoor/we kept falling through…   Rebecca Lindenberg

Beautiful warm day.  Sea calm.  Moved wire from round fruit patch, cut grass in front of house…  George Orwell, Diaries

Feed your brain healthy, upbeat messages.  –You Can Heal Yourself

They asked me, is/this time worse/than another?  Adrienne Rich