Book Nerd Tweets of the Week: Timeless Edition

https://twitter.com/aidan/status/748568393679155201?refsrc=email&s=11
You just have to know where to look, man.
This week we celebrated the birthday of French aviator and Le Petit Prince author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Even at 116 years old, his work and words remain timeless:

'It is madness to hate all roses, because one thorn scratched you.'
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry pic.twitter.com/yU9IDWrKU3

— aiDan K. 🌧️ (@ThEndOfTime) June 29, 2016

"What makes the desert beautiful is that it hides, somewhere, a well." Antoine de Saint-Exupéry #BornOnThisDay pic.twitter.com/8XA57OEYkk

— PEN America (@PENamerica) June 29, 2016

An author who is most definitely not dead was the subject of a Twitter hoax to the contrary this week:
https://twitter.com/crawfxrd_/status/747883719143239681?refsrc=email&s=11
I feel like anyone who’s ever read a Cormac McCarthy book understands this perfectly.
A bit of advice? Support your favorite authors, yo. It keeps them writing more of the stuff you like:

Just by buying an author's book, you've done them a great kindness. But if you like the book and review it, you enter the realms of DIVINITY

— Jason Arnopp✍ Skool.com/writing (@JasonArnopp) June 29, 2016

I wrote a list of all my Extremely Desperately Need YA #books for the rest of 2016. IN OTHER NEWS I'M GOING TO BE BROKE.#bookwormproblems

— C.G. Drews (@PaperFury) July 1, 2016

https://twitter.com/camilmorrone/status/748857866249994240?refsrc=email&s=11
Meanwhile, Chuck Wendig is hard at work on the final book in the Star Wars: Aftermath trilogy, and he’s not afraid of the haters:
https://twitter.com/chuckwendig/status/748857043264700417?refsrc=email&s=11
Another week, another set of prestigious literary prizes. This past week it was the Locus awards, presented by the readership of the American speculative fiction magazine. Big winners included George RR Martin, Neil Gaiman, the late Terry Pratchett, Naomi Novik for Uprooted, and Anne Leckie for Ancillary Mercy.

I so enjoy seeing friends getting awards. So much good writing these days. Congrats also to all the nominees & winners for the #LocusAwards

— Kate Elliott writing yet another book, go figure (@KateElliottSFF) June 25, 2016

Twitter is full of dating advice; this bit of wisdom seems particularly piquant:

Going on a first date? Always remember to ask their opinion on the Oxford Comma.

— Oxford Comma (@IAmOxfordComma) June 30, 2016

We wouldn’t care to judge anyone solely based on her or his take on the Oxford Comma. Unless, of course, said person were against said comma.
Canada Day almost intersects with American Independence Day this year. Consider picking up some great books by writers from the north.

Canadian literature is lit! Grab a Canadian book this weekend and binge read! #ReadTheNorth pic.twitter.com/c7Q8LKtlAa

— Norm Kelly (@norm) July 1, 2016

Margaret Atwood, Michael Ondaatje, Alice Munro, and the late Robertson Davies come to mind.

Overheard:
"How angry was she? You know, on a scale of "not angry" to "Arya Stark?"

— Peter Shankman (@petershankman) June 27, 2016

Finally, a bit of timeless wisdom from an author who could go through a thousand literary lives in fewer than thirty pages:

#WednesdayWisdom pic.twitter.com/525yAn8oJ5

— Barnes & Noble (@BNBuzz) June 22, 2016

Who’s worth reading on Twitter for you?