"And right up to the moment when you find yourself dissolving into foam, you can still believe you are doing fine." ~ Wallace Stegner, Crossing to Safety
#favoritelinefridays #wallacestegner
#favoritelinefridays #wallacestegner
July 26, 2024 at 2:46 PM
"And right up to the moment when you find yourself dissolving into foam, you can still believe you are doing fine." ~ Wallace Stegner, Crossing to Safety
#favoritelinefridays #wallacestegner
#favoritelinefridays #wallacestegner
A favorite line from Jim Harrison's wonderful novel *Returning to Earth*: "I awoke delighted with life on earth despite its desperately compromised nature."
#jimharrison #favoritelinefridays
#jimharrison #favoritelinefridays
August 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
A favorite line from Jim Harrison's wonderful novel *Returning to Earth*: "I awoke delighted with life on earth despite its desperately compromised nature."
#jimharrison #favoritelinefridays
#jimharrison #favoritelinefridays
A favorite line from John le Carré’s novel *The Little Drummer Girl*: “All Americans unsettled him; and most scared him, either by their knowledge or their ignorance, or both.”
#favoritelinefridays #johnlecarre #bookstagrammers
#favoritelinefridays #johnlecarre #bookstagrammers
January 24, 2025 at 8:42 PM
A favorite line from John le Carré’s novel *The Little Drummer Girl*: “All Americans unsettled him; and most scared him, either by their knowledge or their ignorance, or both.”
#favoritelinefridays #johnlecarre #bookstagrammers
#favoritelinefridays #johnlecarre #bookstagrammers
"What murder buds / identical with innocence in us!"
~A. F. Moritz, "The Commandment of Love"
#favoritelinefridays #bookstagrammer
Photo by Pok Rie from pexels.
~A. F. Moritz, "The Commandment of Love"
#favoritelinefridays #bookstagrammer
Photo by Pok Rie from pexels.
August 9, 2024 at 1:45 PM
"What murder buds / identical with innocence in us!"
~A. F. Moritz, "The Commandment of Love"
#favoritelinefridays #bookstagrammer
Photo by Pok Rie from pexels.
~A. F. Moritz, "The Commandment of Love"
#favoritelinefridays #bookstagrammer
Photo by Pok Rie from pexels.
[E]ven if it feels
impossible to find sweetness here,
still, some people can, and do.
~ Lisa Rhoades, "Windfall"
#favoritelinefridays #lisarhoades #stjulianpress
impossible to find sweetness here,
still, some people can, and do.
~ Lisa Rhoades, "Windfall"
#favoritelinefridays #lisarhoades #stjulianpress
November 9, 2024 at 12:44 AM
[E]ven if it feels
impossible to find sweetness here,
still, some people can, and do.
~ Lisa Rhoades, "Windfall"
#favoritelinefridays #lisarhoades #stjulianpress
impossible to find sweetness here,
still, some people can, and do.
~ Lisa Rhoades, "Windfall"
#favoritelinefridays #lisarhoades #stjulianpress
From John T. Price's essay "Titan," in his wonderful memoir *Man Killed by Pheasant and Other Kinships*: "So she married...and settled into a life that, like the life before, seemed to strand her just shy of happiness."
#favoritelinefridays #johntprice #mankilledbypheasant
#favoritelinefridays #johntprice #mankilledbypheasant
October 11, 2024 at 7:50 PM
From John T. Price's essay "Titan," in his wonderful memoir *Man Killed by Pheasant and Other Kinships*: "So she married...and settled into a life that, like the life before, seemed to strand her just shy of happiness."
#favoritelinefridays #johntprice #mankilledbypheasant
#favoritelinefridays #johntprice #mankilledbypheasant
Reposting a reel for #favoritelinefridays (which I shared with @thedebball two years ago) to celebrate #anjakampmann arriving as a writer-in-residence at #grinnellcollege last week.
#womenwriters #firstlines #debutwriters #anneposten
#womenwriters #firstlines #debutwriters #anneposten
April 4, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Reposting a reel for #favoritelinefridays (which I shared with @thedebball two years ago) to celebrate #anjakampmann arriving as a writer-in-residence at #grinnellcollege last week.
#womenwriters #firstlines #debutwriters #anneposten
#womenwriters #firstlines #debutwriters #anneposten
In honor of the 105th anniversary of Roger Grenier's birth (yesterday), one of my favorite lines from *A Box of Photographs*: Photographs "are trampolines for the imagination."
#favoritelinefridays #rogergrenier #writingcommunity
#favoritelinefridays #rogergrenier #writingcommunity
September 20, 2024 at 5:39 PM
In honor of the 105th anniversary of Roger Grenier's birth (yesterday), one of my favorite lines from *A Box of Photographs*: Photographs "are trampolines for the imagination."
#favoritelinefridays #rogergrenier #writingcommunity
#favoritelinefridays #rogergrenier #writingcommunity
A favorite line from Pat Barker's novel *Regeneration*: "The congregation, having renounced reason, looked rather the happier for it, and sat down to await the sermon."
#favoritelinefridays #patbarker #regenerationnovel
#favoritelinefridays #patbarker #regenerationnovel
February 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
A favorite line from Pat Barker's novel *Regeneration*: "The congregation, having renounced reason, looked rather the happier for it, and sat down to await the sermon."
#favoritelinefridays #patbarker #regenerationnovel
#favoritelinefridays #patbarker #regenerationnovel
"Sorry, that paltry word, stretches so thin over so many broken things." Sally Thomas, Works of Mercy.
#favoritelinefridays #sallythomas
#favoritelinefridays #sallythomas
August 16, 2024 at 1:57 PM
"Sorry, that paltry word, stretches so thin over so many broken things." Sally Thomas, Works of Mercy.
#favoritelinefridays #sallythomas
#favoritelinefridays #sallythomas
A favorite line from Robin Wall Kimmerer's *Braiding Sweetgrass*: "The difference between success and bloodshed is a small degree in the angle of the knife and the pressure of the hand."
#favoritelinefridays #robinwallkimmerer
#favoritelinefridays #robinwallkimmerer
February 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
A favorite line from Robin Wall Kimmerer's *Braiding Sweetgrass*: "The difference between success and bloodshed is a small degree in the angle of the knife and the pressure of the hand."
#favoritelinefridays #robinwallkimmerer
#favoritelinefridays #robinwallkimmerer
"Old age land-lock'd within its winter bay--(cold, cold, O cold!)"
~ Walt Whitman, "Of That Blithe Throat of Thine"
#favoritelinefridays #waltwhitman
~ Walt Whitman, "Of That Blithe Throat of Thine"
#favoritelinefridays #waltwhitman
January 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"Old age land-lock'd within its winter bay--(cold, cold, O cold!)"
~ Walt Whitman, "Of That Blithe Throat of Thine"
#favoritelinefridays #waltwhitman
~ Walt Whitman, "Of That Blithe Throat of Thine"
#favoritelinefridays #waltwhitman
Annette Gordon-Reed, from her book *On Juneteenth*: "As painful as it may be, recognizing--though not dwelling on--tragedy and the role it plays in our individual lives, and in the life of a state or nation, is, I think, a sign of maturity."
#favoritelinefridays #annettegordonreed #juneteenth
#favoritelinefridays #annettegordonreed #juneteenth
June 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Annette Gordon-Reed, from her book *On Juneteenth*: "As painful as it may be, recognizing--though not dwelling on--tragedy and the role it plays in our individual lives, and in the life of a state or nation, is, I think, a sign of maturity."
#favoritelinefridays #annettegordonreed #juneteenth
#favoritelinefridays #annettegordonreed #juneteenth
It's time to plant tomatoes! "For the tomato is an orb of holy light," as Ann Fisher-Wirth has written in her poem "Haecceitas." And congratulations to her on being named poet laureate of Mississippi!
#favoritelinefridays #annfisherwirth #haecceitas #gardenpoetry
#favoritelinefridays #annfisherwirth #haecceitas #gardenpoetry
May 16, 2025 at 7:25 PM
It's time to plant tomatoes! "For the tomato is an orb of holy light," as Ann Fisher-Wirth has written in her poem "Haecceitas." And congratulations to her on being named poet laureate of Mississippi!
#favoritelinefridays #annfisherwirth #haecceitas #gardenpoetry
#favoritelinefridays #annfisherwirth #haecceitas #gardenpoetry
A favorite line from Aldo Leopold's classic of nature writing, *A Sand County Almanac*: "A March morning is only as drab as he who walks in it without a glance skyward, ear cocked for geese."
#favoritelinefridays #aldoleopold #asandcountyalmanac
#favoritelinefridays #aldoleopold #asandcountyalmanac
March 14, 2025 at 7:36 PM
A favorite line from Aldo Leopold's classic of nature writing, *A Sand County Almanac*: "A March morning is only as drab as he who walks in it without a glance skyward, ear cocked for geese."
#favoritelinefridays #aldoleopold #asandcountyalmanac
#favoritelinefridays #aldoleopold #asandcountyalmanac
A favorite line from Hernan Diaz's novel *Trust*: "The rest of us pretended not to notice anything, fully committed to our awkwardness."
#favoritelinefridays #hernandiaz
Photo by Malcolm Hill through Pexels.
#favoritelinefridays #hernandiaz
Photo by Malcolm Hill through Pexels.
February 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
A favorite line from Hernan Diaz's novel *Trust*: "The rest of us pretended not to notice anything, fully committed to our awkwardness."
#favoritelinefridays #hernandiaz
Photo by Malcolm Hill through Pexels.
#favoritelinefridays #hernandiaz
Photo by Malcolm Hill through Pexels.
This line from Anne Enright's novel *The Wren, the Wren* made me laugh out loud: "I never tell my mother anything. I am not that stupid."
#favoritelinefridays #anneenright #thewrenthewren
#favoritelinefridays #anneenright #thewrenthewren
July 25, 2025 at 1:53 PM
This line from Anne Enright's novel *The Wren, the Wren* made me laugh out loud: "I never tell my mother anything. I am not that stupid."
#favoritelinefridays #anneenright #thewrenthewren
#favoritelinefridays #anneenright #thewrenthewren
A favorite line from Jorie Graham's poem "Ambergris": "It takes / such a long time to believe // in evidence."
#favoritelinefridays #joriegraham
#favoritelinefridays #joriegraham
December 6, 2024 at 7:54 PM
A favorite line from Jorie Graham's poem "Ambergris": "It takes / such a long time to believe // in evidence."
#favoritelinefridays #joriegraham
#favoritelinefridays #joriegraham
A favorite line from Robert Hass's poem "Levitation": "There are clocks in seeds."
#favoritelinefridays #roberthass
#favoritelinefridays #roberthass
February 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
A favorite line from Robert Hass's poem "Levitation": "There are clocks in seeds."
#favoritelinefridays #roberthass
#favoritelinefridays #roberthass
November 22, 2024 at 8:31 PM
A favorite line from Myla Goldberg's wonderful novel, *Feast Your Eyes*: "Sometimes this felt like exploring a new way to live, and sometimes it just felt like a bad idea."
#favoritelinefridays #mylagoldberg #feastyoureyes @scribnerbooks.bsky.social
#favoritelinefridays #mylagoldberg #feastyoureyes @scribnerbooks.bsky.social
May 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
A favorite line from Myla Goldberg's wonderful novel, *Feast Your Eyes*: "Sometimes this felt like exploring a new way to live, and sometimes it just felt like a bad idea."
#favoritelinefridays #mylagoldberg #feastyoureyes @scribnerbooks.bsky.social
#favoritelinefridays #mylagoldberg #feastyoureyes @scribnerbooks.bsky.social
Friday inspiration?
Look to the courageous artists, writers, activists, scientists, and freedom fighters who capture moments of the human struggle. It's easy to become discouraged when everything is a struggle, but that is when we need to dig deep & speak the truth. ✨
#FavoriteLineFridays #courage
Look to the courageous artists, writers, activists, scientists, and freedom fighters who capture moments of the human struggle. It's easy to become discouraged when everything is a struggle, but that is when we need to dig deep & speak the truth. ✨
#FavoriteLineFridays #courage
November 15, 2024 at 11:57 PM
Friday inspiration?
Look to the courageous artists, writers, activists, scientists, and freedom fighters who capture moments of the human struggle. It's easy to become discouraged when everything is a struggle, but that is when we need to dig deep & speak the truth. ✨
#FavoriteLineFridays #courage
Look to the courageous artists, writers, activists, scientists, and freedom fighters who capture moments of the human struggle. It's easy to become discouraged when everything is a struggle, but that is when we need to dig deep & speak the truth. ✨
#FavoriteLineFridays #courage
Favorite lines from T. S. Eliot's poem "East Coker": "Do not let me hear / Of the wisdom of old men, but rather of their folly, / Their fear of fear and frenzy, their fear of possession, / Of belonging to another, or to others, or to God."
#tseliot #eastcoker #favoritelinefridays #poetry
#tseliot #eastcoker #favoritelinefridays #poetry
September 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Favorite lines from T. S. Eliot's poem "East Coker": "Do not let me hear / Of the wisdom of old men, but rather of their folly, / Their fear of fear and frenzy, their fear of possession, / Of belonging to another, or to others, or to God."
#tseliot #eastcoker #favoritelinefridays #poetry
#tseliot #eastcoker #favoritelinefridays #poetry
Favorite lines from the great Naomi Shihab Nye's "Palestine Vine":
I wasn't evil, but I wasn't careful.
This is what happens in the world.
Photo by Wesley Davi via Pexels
#favoritelinefridays #naomishihabnyequotes
I wasn't evil, but I wasn't careful.
This is what happens in the world.
Photo by Wesley Davi via Pexels
#favoritelinefridays #naomishihabnyequotes
November 1, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Favorite lines from the great Naomi Shihab Nye's "Palestine Vine":
I wasn't evil, but I wasn't careful.
This is what happens in the world.
Photo by Wesley Davi via Pexels
#favoritelinefridays #naomishihabnyequotes
I wasn't evil, but I wasn't careful.
This is what happens in the world.
Photo by Wesley Davi via Pexels
#favoritelinefridays #naomishihabnyequotes
A favorite line from Linda Pastan's poem "Cosmology": "Someone has spilled the moon / all over the trees."
#favoritelinefridays #LindaPastan #poetry @wwnorton.com
#favoritelinefridays #LindaPastan #poetry @wwnorton.com
August 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
A favorite line from Linda Pastan's poem "Cosmology": "Someone has spilled the moon / all over the trees."
#favoritelinefridays #LindaPastan #poetry @wwnorton.com
#favoritelinefridays #LindaPastan #poetry @wwnorton.com