by elaine k. Ask
February 25, 2013
January 13, 2013
"He asked what subject I’d chosen for a major. History, I said. He asked why. I told him one of professors had said that history is the narrative of people searching for a place to go, and I liked that idea."
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JR Moehringer, The Tender Bar.
As did I.
June 7, 2012
"A writer’s brain is full of little gifts, like a piñata at a birthday party. It’s also full of demons, like a piñata at a birthday party in a mental hospital."
—
Colin Nissan, “The Ultimate Guide to Writing Better Than You Normally Do”
March 21, 2012
"For what it’s worth: it’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again."
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
February 27, 2012
"For there is always a sanctuary more, a door that can never be forced, whatever the force, a last inviolable stronghold that can never be taken, whatever the attack; your vote can be taken, your name, your innards, even your life, but that last stronghold can only be surrendered. And to surrender it for any reason other than love is to surrender love."
— Ken Kesey, Sometimes a Great Notion
February 6, 2012
"[You have to let things
Be as they are.]
Who knows which of us
Deserves the world more?"
Be as they are.]
Who knows which of us
Deserves the world more?"
—
Robert Bly, from “What Things Want”
(via the-final-sentence)
January 6, 2012
"Silly humans. Banging on a tub to make a bear dance when we would move the stars to pity."
— Michael Cunningham, By Nightfall
November 5, 2011
"You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She’s not perfect—you aren’t either, and the two of you may never be perfect together but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break—her heart. So don’t hurt her, don’t change her, don’t analyze and don’t expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, and miss her when she’s not there."
— Bob Marley
October 26, 2011
"…And time yet for a hundred indecisions,
And for a hundred visions and revisions…"
And for a hundred visions and revisions…"
— T.S. Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.”
October 15, 2011
"…I realized that everyone feels secretly fraudulent. It’s the feeling of being an adult."
— Miranda July, “Free Everything.”
October 9, 2011
"The blues are because you’re getting fat, and maybe it’s been raining too long. You’re just sad, that’s all. The mean reds are horrible. Suddenly you’re afraid, and you don’t know what you’re afraid of."
— Holly Golightly, Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
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