The October Archive
I have been younger in October than in all the months of spring. (W.S. Merwin)
some recommendations based on what i’ve been reading, watching and using in the month of october.



to read —
The nun by Denis Diderot. (1780)
a quote that stuck with me: I have a striking face; my great suffering had changed it but taken nothing from its character. I have a voice which touches the heart and my expression bears the stamp of truthfulness. [...] "Sister Suzanne, do you believe in God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost?" I answered: "I do believe." "Do you renounce Satan and all his works?" Instead of replying I suddenly leaped forward and uttered a loud scream.

Embers by Sándor Márai. (1942)
a quote that stuck with me: Friendship is no ideal state of mind; it is a law, and a strict one, on which the entire legal systems of great cultures were built. It reaches beyond personal desires and self-regard in men's hearts, its grip is greater than that of sexual desire, and it is proof against disappointment, because it asks for nothing. One can kill a friend, but death itself cannot undo a friendship that reaches back to childhood; its memory lives on like some act of silent heroism, and indeed there is in friendship an element of ancient heroic feats, not the clash of swords and the rattle of sabers, but the selfless human act.

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— to watch
Autumn Sonata directed by Ingmar Bergman (1978)
a quote that stuck with me: Sometimes, when I lie awake at night, I wonder whether I've lived at all. Is it the same for everybody? Do some people have a greater talent for living than others or do some people never live, but just exist?

Mary Poppins directed by Robert Stevenson (1964)
a quote that stuck with me: "Mary Poppins, practically perfect in every way."

— to listen
On Reading “Beloved” Over and Over Again (The Book Review)

— to use
— Pumpkin Soup (for a perfect creamy soup!)
— Knitting Days (for preparation ahead of November)
— Stephen Mackey’s Art (for a beautiful creepy escape)
see you next month!
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