February 2011
“I was always treated as if I had insisted on being born, in opposition to the...”
– Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
This is what I’m feeling right now.
You...
I love books. I just finished my new favorite and I am peeing with joy. I cannot explain how much love is happening right now. I don’t understand how some people don’t read. Like, yes, you may not have the time to read with your busy schedule, especially if you are in highschool or are working a crap job, but the people who simply don’t enjoy reading or are too lazy…
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“Dear John:
The book is not supposed to solve. A vague comfort is supposed to...”
– Thornton Wilder (concerning The Bridge of San Luis Rey)
“The business of literature is not to answer questions, but to state them fairly.”
– Chekhov
“What I say is, a town isn’t a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a...”
– Neil Gaiman (via 500daysofkissingmypillow)
“On his way past each floor, he kept saying to reassure himself: So far so good…...”
– La Haine (via theairupthere)
“So he leaned against the trees in the dark, his knuckles between his teeth, and...”
– The Bridge of San Luis Rey
“You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how...”
– Eleanor Roosevelt
“We apologize for any inconvenience, but this is a revolution.”
– Subcomandante Marcos
““Who is Spain?”
“Why is Hitler?”
“When is...”
– Catch-22
ok, done with John Irving spam now. I apologize.
“YOU LET ME DROWN!” Owen said. “YOU DIDN’T DO ANYTHING! YOU...”
– John Irving A Prayer fro Owen Meany
“…my life is a reading list.”
– John Irving A Prayer for Owen Meany
“The thing that is most hardest to accept about the passage of time is that the...”
– John Irving
“Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it...”
– Albert Einstein
“Tonight we talk about ammo.
Teacher lines up shells on the desk,
tallest to...”
– “Ammo” by Liz Ahl
