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Another day not waking up to coffee for two and a job that doesn’t kill the soul piece by piece is difficult. But there’s plane crashes and desolation all around, so harden that heart another layer and turn the music up.

“You plant a demon seed, You raise a flower of fire~”

Remembering W.B. Yeats who died January 28, 1939 (age 73 years), Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France. Cast a cold eye On life, on death. Horseman, pass by!

📖 On this day in 1813 Pride and Prejudice was published whilst Jane Austen was living in this very House. 🎉 We now know this day as #PrideandPrejudiceDay, and celebrate this globally beloved novel!

W.B. Yeats who died on this day 1939 “I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.”

Oof.

We told you …

Mackinac Bridge. Michigan

The Bookstore Keepers is officially yours on February 18th! 💕 Pre-order now: https://buff.ly/42ojXYc . 📸: @bookish.starry.skies

PEN America responds to action taken today by the Department of Education dismissing complaints about book bans and referring to them as a “hoax”: "All students deserve to see themselves and the world around them reflected in the books shelved within their public schools.“ pen.org/press-releas...

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

The 80iest of 80’s videos. 🔥 youtu.be/47y5bo8wtqM?...

We’ve got to live, no matter how many skies have fallen.” ~D.H. Lawrence✍️

Those salutes were EXACTLY what you think they were.

Wish deserves a hallowed spot in The Cure canon. Overlooked because of its Disintegration sister—- both beautiful.

Her name is Mariann Edgar Budde & she's the Bishop of Washington. She is my new favorite person.

now’s the time to start buying the physical copies of your favorite books, #booksky – they can take your kindle/digital copies away at any time

Michael reads two selections from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s Strength to Love (video from 2002). www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFhR... #MLKDay

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Today is remembering MLK. That is where my acknowledgment and my respect go on this very cold, very dark day.

Missing this beautiful voice in the world.

Yeats

Medals awarded alphabetically, Bono is second under ‘B’. ❤️

Happy Birthday🎈

"Merry Christmas zings in the air…the central pine and pain of my aching desire, the real Christmas is hiding somewhere from me, and it is still, it is holy, it is dark, it is insane." ― Jack Kerouac, Home at Christmas

“The eastern sky grows….cold / Winter in water colours / Shades of grey.”

i hope i die warmed by the life that i tried to live — Nikki Giovanni

Happy Birthday to the poet🥀 Emily Elizabeth Dickinson December 10, 1830

It's a good day to be a New Jerseyan. PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law Monday to prohibit public and school libraries from banning books in the state and to enshrine protections against civil and criminal charges for librarians who comply with the law.

U2's "Shadow Album" takes the #1 position in the UK's Official Record Store Top 20 chart. For more info on "How to Re-Assemble an Atomic Bomb" we have our discography entry here: www.u2songs.com/discography/... #U2 #ReAssemble

Every person who dares to use raw words out loud is a poet, love.

Being warm in the winter with not a thought given to the bill when it arrives is the level of security that I dream about. So laughably simple, so simply laughable.

I’m not currently reading Agatha Christie by a crackling fireplace on a snowy day whilst indulging in multiple cups of tea and freshly-baked scones, so no, I’m afraid your email didn’t “find me well”.

She's a sad tomato She's three miles of bad road She's her own invention (she's her own invention) That gets me in the throat What can I make myself be? Life is strange, yeah (life is strange) What can I make myself be? (fake her) To make her mine?~ R.E.M. on a Thursday in December

UK and Irish Charts are in, and the new version of "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" has appeared in a number. More information on charts will be kept in our discography entry: www.u2songs.com/discography/... #U2 #HTDAAB

After 20 years, Mercy finally sees the light of day as The Luckiest Man In The World on U2’s Reassembled Atomic Bomb release. I’m so happy that it’s out in the world as it represents most of the things I have loved about this band. youtu.be/YbPqlbpNTeU?...

On this date in 1991 #U2 released their seventh studio album. What are your favourite tracks from 'Achtung Baby'?