February 2012
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“If only we could see the endless string of consequences that result from our...”
– John Green (via thefreenomad)
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Libraryland: "so you want to be a writer?" by... →
libraryland:
if it doesn’t come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don’t do it. unless it comes unasked out of your heart and your mind and your mouth and your gut, don’t do it. if you have to sit for hours staring at your computer screen or hunched over your typewriter searching for words, don’t do it. if you’re doing it for money or fame, don’t do it. if you’re doing it because you...
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“When things break, it’s not the actual breaking that prevents them from getting...”
– John Green (via hayleyistough)
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Y&I
dearoldlove:
Sometimes I think I miss you, but then I realize I just miss being young and irresponsible with you.
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“He knew that I love you also means I love you in a way that no one loves you, or...”
– Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything is Illuminated (via ifyouckb)
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“This book gives me more information about penguins than I care to have.”
– In 1944 a children’s book club sent a volume about penguins to a 10-year-old girl, enclosing a card seeking her opinion.
She wrote, “This book gives me more information about penguins than I care to have.”
American diplomat Hugh Gibson called it the finest piece of literary criticism he had ever...
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“A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.”
– Lou Holtz (via libraryland)
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“One must maintain a little bit of summer, even in the middle of winter.”
– Henry David Thoreau (via absea)
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“The good times and the bad times both will pass. It will pass. It will get...”
– John Green (via avid)
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“I’m not brave any more darling. I’m all broken. They’ve broken me.”
– Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms (via sarah-today)
Can we just stop and talk about Ernest Hemingway for a little bit? I die.
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“To be a serious writer requires discipline that is iron fisted. It’s sitting...”
– Harper Lee (via awritersruminations)
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