November 2009
27 posts
“A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the world. ~Susan Sontag”
– (via iwannotowidigdo) (via libraryland)
“What have you known of loss that makes you different from other men?”
– Gilgamesh (via airwalker) (via leprintemps) (via nihilnoetia)
“What we call fiction is the ancient way of knowing, the total discourse that...”
– E. L. Doctorow (via kendalllouise)
(via libraryland)
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“Only solitary men know the full joys of friendship. Others have their family —...”
– Willa Cather (via nihilnoetia)
"Better to write for yourself and have no public,...
“Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life.”
– Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet (via underfundig) (via booklover)
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)
“Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and...”
– Jack Kerouac (via quotewhore)
“ “Life has no meaning a priori… It is up to you to give it a meaning, and value...”
– Jean-Paul Sartre (via wildcat2030) (via amiquote) (via booklover)
“But maybe the Charm Bracelets understood more about life than I did. From an...”
– ~ from Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (via ohthepaint) (via booklover)
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“Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never,...”
– Eleanor Roosevelt (via quotewhore) (via libraryland)
“It is futile to fight against, if one does not know what one is fighting for.”
– Ayn Rand (via nihilnoetia)
“I had the lonely child’s habit of making up stories and holding conversations...”
– George Orwell (on why he writes) (via yerawizardharry) (via infinitebutterflies) (via ohjustkidding) (via booklover)
“Whenever you’re in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the...”
– William James (via justbesplendid) (via quote-book)
“If you don’t get what you want, it’s a sign either that you did not seriously...”
– Rudyard Kipling (via reluctantbuddha)
“To love oneself is the begining of a life-long romance.”
– Oscar Wilde (via nihilnoetia)