Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
It was the summer of 1929 when Tom first discussed with Perkins his relationship with a married woman, the celebrated scenic designer for the Neighborhood Playhouse, Aline Bernstein.
A. Scott Berg • Max Perkins: Editor of Genius
How easy it was to destroy a man’s good name and reputation by suggesting he was in some way subversive or by calling him a communist.
John Howard Griffin, Robert Bonazzi, Studs Terkel • Black Like Me
the stylistic snow job, expressing incomplete ideas with such graceful confidence that they are perfectly convincing until examined.
Ursula K. Le Guin • Words Are My Matter: Writings on Life and Books
Public trials—meant to purge traitors and purify the leadership—had turned on false confessions extracted by torture.
Margaret Atwood • The Testaments: The Sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale
Joan Didion • Joan Didion: Why I Write
Like a white lady with no worry on her mind.”
Brit Bennett • The Vanishing Half: Shortlisted for the Women's Prize 2021
Relish of mutual mean-spiritedness and high discernment.
Sally Rooney • Intermezzo: A Novel
After all, despite everything, he still believes in her decency. Which she, too, believed in once: her own decency, a rag to clutch at, amid the squalor of their life.