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Five Mystery Books for Long Flights
Five books that will get you through that long flight.
Where the Wild Books Are
“Second-hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come together in vast flocks of variegated feather, and have a charm which the domesticated volumes of the library lack.” —Virginia Woolf Aging and decay are characteristics that generally have a negative connotation. The first is a consequence of the passing of time; the second one,… Continue reading Where the Wild Books Are
Nightmares
That two paths run parallel without ever crossing That I look down at my shoes right when you pass me by, looking up because rain’s starting to fall or That the same rain becomes a rainstorm and you can’t leave to meet me later That we don’t take the same elevator just for seconds and… Continue reading Nightmares
Psalm Twenty-One
"Es que un mundo todo vivo tiene la fuerza de un Infierno." —Clarice Lispector, La pasión según G.H. "There was a star riding through clouds one night, and I said to the star, 'Consume me'." —Virginia Woolf, The Waves To be consumed by a bolt of lightning dramatically yet effortlessly To be caught praying… Continue reading Psalm Twenty-One
Hay Fever
"An hour, once it lodges in the queer element of the human spirit, may be stretched to fifty or a hundred times its clock length; on the other hand, an hour may be accurately represented on the timepiece of the mind by one second." –Virginia Woolf, Orlando We sit on the grass, we… Continue reading Hay Fever
Four Seasons
I. I don't walk down the same streets or drink coffee from the same cafés or look up at the same clouds there were no stars … Continue reading Four Seasons
