‘Liyuan Library’ by Li Xiaodong Atelier, Cuairou, China via kaitgoo
Book shelves
W. W. Norton: A Matter of Fashion: The French Publishing Scene of the 1930s as Viewed by Joseph Roth
“I’ve never doubted that publishers of all nationalities are businessmen. What annoys me is that they’re bad businessmen, and that, particularly in France, foreign books are badly paid for, badly translated, and badly sold. I care too much about words for me to be able to look on while my words…
Literary letter snob (and my cheap alliteration)
Poets and the weather
(via booklover)
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There is no exquisite beauty… without some strangeness in the proportion.
Edgar Allan Poe (via modernhepburn)
Beauty and ‘flaw’ Poe quote
(Source: rhapsodical, via libraryland)
On-going series to redesign the US budget report to make it more accessible and fun to read.
Infographics to explain complex reports, like the budget? Yes please.
![Happy Birthday, Marie Curie.
Marie Sklodowska Curie (1867-1934)
Description: Polish physicist Marie Sklodowska Curie (1867-1934) was the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in physics, sharing it with her husband Pierre in 1903 for their work on radioactivity. After his death in 1906, she continued with her research and was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1911 for contributions to that field.
[by Smithsonian Institution]
Marie Cutie](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lua09sZFR01qz6k37o1_250.jpg)
Happy Birthday, Marie Curie.
Marie Sklodowska Curie (1867-1934)
Description: Polish physicist Marie Sklodowska Curie (1867-1934) was the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in physics, sharing it with her husband Pierre in 1903 for their work on radioactivity. After his death in 1906, she continued with her research and was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1911 for contributions to that field.
Marie Cutie
(via loveyourchaos)
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Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it
W. Somerset Maugham
We are all fools.
(Source: escapethlabyrinth, via loveyourchaos)
