Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
Even after the ringing stopped, the sound of the bell lingered in the indoor evening gloom like dust floating in the air.
Jay Rubin • The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Novel (Vintage International)
The Dark Heart: A True Story of Greed, Murder, and an Unlikely Investigator
amazon.com
Greatness had come through once, which is really all that we could hope for, and the world that had been so justly represented took back the one who loved it best.
Ann Patchett • These Precious Days: Essays
William realized that he’d been worried, after watching the usually placid Emeline rage and the usually tough Cecelia weep, that the prospect of losing Sylvie might have rendered them unrecognizable.
Ann Napolitano • Hello Beautiful: THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“Because if it is true and it is this bad, then everyone knows. If they knew, they’d stop it, right? Surely no one really believes medals are worth more than little girls.”
Rachael Denhollander • What Is a Girl Worth?: My Story of Breaking the Silence and Exposing the Truth about Larry Nassar and USA Gymnastics
So what would a prose literature devoted to illness sound like? Perhaps it could only exist in the form of the essay, of which genre Woolf’s opening sentence is both an elegant part-for-whole and a less than obvious parody.
Literary Hub • On a Wonderful, Beautiful, Almost Failed Sentence By Virginia Woolf
