June 2011
91 posts
“When someone is crying, of course, the noble thing to do is to comfort them. But...”
– Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can’t Avoid by Lemony Snicket (via quotesfrombooks)
May 2011
113 posts
“For the past several weeks, a group of elderly pensioners, the Skilled Veterans...”
– Elderly Engineers Volunteer for Fukushima Duty (via theatlantic)
“Things must happen when it is time for them to happen. Quests may not simply be...”
– The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle (via quotesfrombooks)
“Have you ever heard somebody sing some lyrics that you’ve never sung before, and...”
– Ellen DeGeneres (via atomos)
“… we don’t tell stories from a naturalistic perspective. We might try to...”
– David Louis Edelman (via writingadvice)
“And for all the mysteries and unknowns, there was at least the single abiding...”
– Tim O’Brien, The Things They Carried (via quote-book)
writing advice: 10 Ways to Create a Plot Twist →
writingadvice:
by T.N. Tobias
Every story is more exciting with a twist. As a writer, though, it can be difficult to find that right scenario, that right moment and character to turn on its head and send the story veering into unpredictable new directions. It’s scary too. Wandering too far away from the tried…
“I don’t believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to...”
– Ken Venturi (via lifeasadaydream)
“The future is scary, but you can’t just run back to the past because it’s...”
– Robin Scherbatsky, How I Met Your Mother (via youshouldhavemetmein1864)
“Dear Writer:
Although it must be a thousand years ago that I sat in a...”
– John Steinbeck (via writingadvice)
There comes a point in your life when you realize...
21 Lessons Learned from 16 Years of Hustling →
kareem:
Genius. Two great lessons:
2. It’s never about you Read something on the internet and get all offended cuz the author dissed your favorite life choice/programming language/company/90s band/vampire novel? It’s not about you. Somebody thought you weren’t worth their time, attention, kindness, or money? Not about you. Somebody slammed you or you work? It definitely wasn’t about you....
“I like good strong words that mean something.”
– Louisa May Alcott, Little Women (via thesearepeopleyouknow)
“Love is not something you have or don’t have. Love is something you do.”
– David Deida (via kareem)
“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known...”
– Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (via atomos)
“We make the kind of movies we like to watch. I love to laugh. I love to be...”
– John Lasseter (via elliefredricksen)
“You see kids, friendship is an involuntary reflex, it just happens, you can’t...”
– Ted Mosby (How I Met Your Mother, season 3)
Imperfect Thoughts: Three Day Rule →
imperfecthoughts:
Barney: Jesus waited THREE days to come back to life. It was perfect! If he had only waited ONE day, a lot of people wouldn’t have even heard he died. They’d be all, “Hey Jesus, what up?” and Jesus would probably be like, “What up? I DIED yesterday!” and they’d be all, “Uhh, you look pretty alive…
“I believe that we learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by...”
– Martha Graham (via truthasinvention)
“Take a chance! All life is a chance. The person who goes the furthest is...”
– Dale Carnegie (via drinktheantidote)
“During my second year of nursing school our professor gave us a quiz. I breezed...”
– Joann C. Jones (via heavens2betsy)
“Mitt Romney sits at or near the top of almost every poll of likely Republican...”
– Joshua Green on why Mitt Romney’s invisibility strategy is serving him well (via theatlantic)
“This is how it works. I love the people in my life, and I do for my friends...”
– James Lecesne (via kari-shma)
“To the people who love you, you are beautiful already. This is not because...”
– Victoria Moran (via theprincessleah)
“To repeat what others have said, required education, to challenge it, requires...”
– Mary Pettibone Poole (via thesearepeopleyouknow)
“Courage takes many forms. There is physical courage, there is moral courage....”
– Howard Cosell (via middlenameconfused)
