How often do you revisit the sentences you underline while reading?
In 2020 I wrote an essay about the 20 most beautiful sentences I’d read that year, and the experience of flipping through the books I’d read to find the passages that struck me was surprisingly cathartic. Every year after, even though it feels a little bit like work, I’ve done this roundup. I’ve learned that it’s one thing to experience beauty, but it’s something else entirely to experience it, reflect on it, then share that reflection.