# Eagan, ‘The Commonplace Book as a Thinker’s Journal’, 2016 > [!cite] > Eagan, Kevin. ‘The Commonplace Book as a Thinker’s Journal’. *Critical Margins* (Medium blog), 14 April 2016, https://criticalmargins.com/the-commonplace-book-as-a-thinkers-journal-4d65231f30ec. N.B. website unreachable in September 2026. --- ## quotes ‘For centuries, authors and thinkers have kept commonplace books: focused journals that serve to collect thoughts, quotes, moments of introspection, transcribed passages from reading — anything of purpose worth reviewing later.’ [[Eagan, ‘The Commonplace Book as a Thinker’s Journal’, 2016|(Eagan 2016, n.p.)]] ^0de68c