May 2011
35 posts
“Every lie is a poison; there are no harmless lies. Only the truth is safe. Only...”
– Leo Tolstoy
“Dev’s elbow hits my back and I press forward and she’s right there and I’m...”
– David Levithan, Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist
Editors - An End Has a Start (An End Has a Start,...
“Passion has little to do with euphoria and everything to do with patience. It is...”
– Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves
“He couldn’t bear to live but he couldn’t bear to die. He couldn’t bear the...”
– Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything Is Illuminated
“Every minute, in each of you, a few million potassium atoms succumb to...”
– Jeanette Winterson, Weight
“I stare at you like I’m looking through a window, counting birds. You wanted...”
– Richard Siken
“As he descended toward the ornate, expansive roof of the opera house he loudly...”
– Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
“I don’t like work — no man does — but I like what is in the work...”
– Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness
New Order - Temptation (Temptation 7”, 1982)
“Weeks passed, and the little rabbit grew very old and shabby, but the boy loved...”
– Margery Williams Bianco, The Velveteen Rabbit
“Vanity was stronger than love at sixteen and there was no room in her hot heart...”
– Margaret Mitchell, Gone With the Wind
“…I feel a sadness I expected and which comes from myself. I say I’ve always been...”
– Margurite Duras, The Lover
“Even though I complain sometimes, it’s because I am the heart of a person, and...”
– Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
“We talked and talked and emailed and emailed and drank and drank, and she told...”
– Chuck Klosterman, Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story
Slo Burn - The Prizefighter (Amusing the Amazing,...
“I have never taken such care with anything. This is my problem with life, I rush...”
– Miranda July, The Man on the Stairs
