August 22, 2013 Quote Unquote Pride and Prejudice By Sadie Stein “You can’t learn to write in college. It’s a very bad place for writers because the teachers always think they know more than you do—and they don’t. They have prejudices.” —Ray Bradbury, the Art of Fiction No. 203
August 16, 2013 Quote Unquote Happy Birthday, Julia By Sadie Stein “The only time to eat diet food is while you’re waiting for the steak to cook.” —Julia Child
August 8, 2013 Quote Unquote Happy Birthday, Sara Teasdale By Sadie Stein With the man I love who loves me not I walked in the street-lamps’ flare — But oh, the girls who ask for love In the lights of Union Square. —Sara Teasdale, “Union Square”
August 5, 2013 Quote Unquote August By Sadie Stein “Do what we can, summer will have its flies.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
July 23, 2013 Quote Unquote Happy Birthday, Raymond Chandler By Sadie Stein “Tall, aren’t you?” she said. “I didn’t mean to be.” Her eyes rounded. She was puzzled. She was thinking. I could see, even on that short acquaintance, that thinking was always going to be a bother to her. —Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep
July 5, 2013 Quote Unquote Summer! By Sadie Stein “‘I’ll have to calm down a bit. Or else I’ll burst with happiness.’” —Tove Jansson, Moominsummer Madness