February 2012
“It all ends in tears anyway.”
– Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums (via suzywire)
“Alright, let’s make an agreement. A) We’ll make an early start tomorrow morning...”
– The Darjeeling Limited (via)
(via nogreatillusion
)
“I think I’m in love with missing you more than I’m in love with you.”
– Sylvia Plath (via mermaidporn)
“You know, sometimes all you need is twenty seconds of insane courage. Just...”
– We Bought A Zoo (via janynchua)
this isn't happiness.: 10 Tips on Writing Well... →
nevver:
Read the Roman-Raphaelson book on writing. Read it three times.
Write the way you talk. Naturally.
Use short words, short sentences and short paragraphs.
Never use jargon words like reconceptualize, demassification, attitudinally, judgmentally. They are hallmarks of a pretentious ass.
…
“I am only responsible for my own heart, you offered yours up for the smashing,...”
– Anaïs Nin (via moronicbeauty)
January 2012
“It is so rare in this world to meet a trustworthy person who truly wants to help...”
– Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can’t Avoid (via thoughtsdetained)
“Your memory is a monster; you forget - it doesn’t. It simply files things away....”
– A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (via lostinthesounds)
2 tags
To love a writer
flawsstitchedwithgoodintentions:
to love a writer is to become immortal. even beyond relations the writer won’t forget the life that existed between the souls. you will become a muse, a catalyst, a plot, or a theme. you will have every essence personified beyond reasonable extent. you will be documented in metaphors and similes, in alliteratives and assonance. and imagery is happenstance. to...
