May 2013
22 posts
“Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it...”
– Hunter S. Thompson
“He who fears he shall suffer already suffers what he fears.”
– Michel de Montaigne
“Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.”
– Henry Miller
“Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are ‘It might have been.’”
– Kurt Vonnegut, Cat’s Cradle (via mynameiscollins)
“One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats.”
– Iris Murdoch (via evatalmadge)
“No one wants advice — only corroboration.”
– John Steinbeck
“I can bear any pain as long as it has meaning.”
– HARUKI MURAKAMI, IQ84 (via sabrina-t)
April 2013
30 posts
Definition of LITERARY
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a : of, relating to, or having the characteristics of humane learning or literature
b : bookish
c : of or relating to books
“People disappeared, reappeared, made plans to go somewhere, and then lost each...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (via alighthouseofwords)
“And so Po described to Katsa what hid in the blackness of the cave; and outside,...”
– Kristin Cashore, from Graceling (via the-final-sentence)
1 tag
Hello fans of literature! And tattoos! I’ve been getting some very nice but somewhat blurry submissions lately. If you’re wondering why I haven’t posted your tattoo yet, this may be the reason. So please submit an in-focus picture here.
xx, et
“No one knows how to write a novel until it’s been written.”
– Alice Hoffman (via thiscommonplacebook)
“Stop trying to be the sun and become a speck!”
– Rumi (via sabrina-t)
“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners...”
– Marcel Proust
