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Make reading great literature a daily ritual.
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Never tell me the classics aren’t relevant to everyone.
from James Baldwin
CoffeeWithTheClassics
@coffeewclassics.bsky.social
from James Baldwin
CoffeeWithTheClassics
@coffeewclassics.bsky.social
March 11, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Never tell me the classics aren’t relevant to everyone.
from James Baldwin
CoffeeWithTheClassics
@coffeewclassics.bsky.social
from James Baldwin
CoffeeWithTheClassics
@coffeewclassics.bsky.social
Evergreen reminder from Dostoevsky, who died this day in 1881.
February 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Evergreen reminder from Dostoevsky, who died this day in 1881.
I try to keep this in mind.
Chesterton, 1905.
Chesterton, 1905.
January 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I try to keep this in mind.
Chesterton, 1905.
Chesterton, 1905.
“What’s to-day? What’s to-day, my fine fellow?”
December 25, 2024 at 5:19 PM
“What’s to-day? What’s to-day, my fine fellow?”
A needed reminder from John Donne.
December 5, 2024 at 2:58 AM
A needed reminder from John Donne.
Robert Louis Stevenson wants you to stop lying.
(He died on this day in 1894.)
(He died on this day in 1894.)
December 3, 2024 at 11:28 PM
Robert Louis Stevenson wants you to stop lying.
(He died on this day in 1894.)
(He died on this day in 1894.)
Philip Larkin, words to live by.
(He died on this day, December 2nd, in 1985)
(He died on this day, December 2nd, in 1985)
December 3, 2024 at 5:25 AM
Philip Larkin, words to live by.
(He died on this day, December 2nd, in 1985)
(He died on this day, December 2nd, in 1985)
Happy 150th Birthday, Lucy Maud Montgomery!
I dare you to read Anne of Green Gables and not come away more in love with life.
I dare you to read Anne of Green Gables and not come away more in love with life.
November 30, 2024 at 11:47 PM
Happy 150th Birthday, Lucy Maud Montgomery!
I dare you to read Anne of Green Gables and not come away more in love with life.
I dare you to read Anne of Green Gables and not come away more in love with life.
Happy 189th Birthday, Mark Twain!
November 30, 2024 at 10:46 PM
Happy 189th Birthday, Mark Twain!
I think of this CS Lewis passage often.
(Today’s his birthday)
(Today’s his birthday)
November 29, 2024 at 8:51 PM
I think of this CS Lewis passage often.
(Today’s his birthday)
(Today’s his birthday)
Happy Thanksgiving from Oscar Wilde.
from A Woman of No Importance
from A Woman of No Importance
November 29, 2024 at 12:11 AM
Happy Thanksgiving from Oscar Wilde.
from A Woman of No Importance
from A Woman of No Importance
CS Lewis died on this day in 1963.
Four days later, his friend JRR Tolkien wrote the following:
Four days later, his friend JRR Tolkien wrote the following:
November 23, 2024 at 3:23 AM
CS Lewis died on this day in 1963.
Four days later, his friend JRR Tolkien wrote the following:
Four days later, his friend JRR Tolkien wrote the following:
161 years ago, this speech was delivered.
One of the finest and most succinct examples of English language rhetoric ever produced.
Worth studying and memorizing.
One of the finest and most succinct examples of English language rhetoric ever produced.
Worth studying and memorizing.
November 20, 2024 at 2:39 AM
161 years ago, this speech was delivered.
One of the finest and most succinct examples of English language rhetoric ever produced.
Worth studying and memorizing.
One of the finest and most succinct examples of English language rhetoric ever produced.
Worth studying and memorizing.
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If Mike Tyson reads the classics, why can’t you?
November 17, 2024 at 3:21 AM
If Mike Tyson reads the classics, why can’t you?
If Mike Tyson reads the classics, why can’t you?
November 17, 2024 at 3:21 AM
If Mike Tyson reads the classics, why can’t you?
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on the bright side, maybe the collapse of the internet into competing social media platforms and a flood of AI slop will drive us all back to reading.
November 16, 2024 at 9:52 PM
on the bright side, maybe the collapse of the internet into competing social media platforms and a flood of AI slop will drive us all back to reading.
Tom Wolfe. 2005.
November 16, 2024 at 2:58 PM
Tom Wolfe. 2005.
Gerard Manley Hopkins.
November 15, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Gerard Manley Hopkins.
Evergreen reminder.
Aquinas.
Aquinas.
November 15, 2024 at 7:11 AM
Evergreen reminder.
Aquinas.
Aquinas.