January 2011
27 posts
“The women of the South have brought into American literature a unique mixture of...”
– James Dickey (via youveescaped)
“What was the point of fiction if not to edit one’s reality? If not to rewrite...”
– Anita Shreve - A Wedding in December (via readingandwritingjunkie)
“So avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he is...”
– John Keating, Dead Poet’s Society (via thegirlwiththemessyhair)
“The women of the South have brought into American literature a unique mixture of...”
– James Dickey (via youveescaped)
“To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life and this is a softness...”
– Flannery O’Connor (via booklover)
Sing me to sleep.
“Literature duplicates the experience of living in a way that nothing else can,...”
– Barbara Kingsolver (via 500daysofkissingmypillow)
“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”
– Leo Tolstoy (via quote-book)
Dreaming about the possibilities of what may be is...
I’m not going to lie, I don’t often feel like writing.
However, today has been different and even more than I want to write- I need to. The past few days I have been taking things slowly, mostly because I had a spell of vertigo on Sunday. After trying to keep the nausea at bay while watching the national championships last night I have discovered a new strength and determination to...
“Your past is just a story. And once you realize this it has no power over you.”
– Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk (via amezkilla)
Loves Lost
Love songs never quite say everything you’re feeling, but I listen to them anyway, sitting here in mismatched socks, thinking of you, and missing you so much I can’t sleep. Isn’t it sad that’s the way it goes?
Loves lost are tragic, not romantic. Becoming Jane, not Pride and Prejudice.
But then again, I am not near the conclusion yet. This heroine may have her hero and her hearts’ content, and...
The quietest people have the loudest minds.
