September 2011
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“And I asked myself about the present: how wide it was, how deep it was, how much...”
– Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut (via tanyabyrne)
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“I feel the need to swing away from constant explanations. I want to run away...”
– Anais Nin (via 15natives)
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“A person needs new experiences. They jar something deep inside, allowing him to...”
– Frank Herbert (via lastwaltzinvienna)
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“I don’t think man was meant to attain happiness so easily. Happiness is like...”
– Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo (via totastelifetwice)
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“A word is not the same with one writer as with another. One tears it from his...”
– Charles Péguy (via 15natives)
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“We didn’t talk about anything heavy or light. We were just there together. And...”
– Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower (via skittleznglitter)
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“When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You know that...”
– Jess C. Scott (1: The Intern)
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“I think that most of us, anyway, read these stories that we know are not “true”...”
– Orson Scott Card (Ender’s Game)
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“Write every day. Write something. Every day.
Easier said than done, right? Here...”
– Break Writers’ group, Columbia University (via writingadvice)
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“The most pathetic person in the world is some one who has sight but no vision.”
– Helen Keller (via myquotelibrary)
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The Dreadful Slenderman
theodorepython:
I’ll tell you now, Much as I can, About the dreadful Slenderman. I don’t know much, But what I do I think can be Some help to you.
First I’ll tell you How he looks, there are no pictures In the books: Tall of frame And long of arm. His tailored suit? It has some charm.
His arms can grow To any length, And never lose Their break-neck strength. His legs? Long too, But he won’t...
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Writers' habits series
thebookexperience:
Iain Banks
“In theory, I work an eight-hour day and a five-day week which means I can socialise with my pals who mostly have normal jobs like teaching and computer programming. But in practice, if I wake up at 4am thinking about the book then I get up and start writing. Which is good because then I can finish my allocation of words for the day by breakfast and have the day...
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“It isn’t enough for your heart to break because everybody’s heart is broken now.”
– Allen Ginsberg (via champagnethursdays)
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“I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded; not with the fanfare of epiphany,...”
– Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner (via temp0rale)
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“Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.”
– Oscar Wilde (The Picture of Dorian Gray)
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