January 2012
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Correct me if I remember it badly, But was there not a dream, sweet but also...
– Donald Justice, Invitation to a Ghost
mythologyofblue:
I would describe myself like a landscape I’ve studied at length, in detail; like a word I’m coming to understand; like a pitcher I pour from at mealtime; like my mother’s face; like a ship that carried me when the waters raged.
-Rilke, From The Book of Hours I, 13
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I went to the guest room and pretended to write. I hit the space bar again and...
– Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
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…for in those transient moments lies or truth were arbitrary and you were...
– from Summer Crossing by Truman Capote (via but-the-human-heart)
You will be hollow. We will squeeze you empty, and then we shall fill you with...
– 1984, George Orwell
It’s a bore, but the answer is good things only happen to you if you’re good....
– Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Truman Capote (via prose-titute)