January 2010
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“If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to...”
– J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye (via first-lines)
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“A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of...”
– Graham Greene, The End of the Affair (via first-lines)
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“Your flaws are beautiful. They’re what make you stand out. Don’t try to be...”
– Andrea Chiang (via quote-book)
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“I wanted so badly to lie down next to her on the couch, to wrap my arms around...”
– John Green (Looking for Alaska)
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Who knew that placeholder text actually makes...
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“But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete account of the system, and expound the actual teachings of the great explorer of the truth, the master-builder of human happiness. No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is...
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“Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it’s...”
– Jodi Picoult, My Sister’s Keeper (Submitted by: myheartspeaks) (via quote-book)
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I Love You
BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
I love your lips when they’re wet with wine
And red with a wild desire;
I love your eyes when the lovelight lies
Lit with a passionate fire.
I love your arms when the warm white flesh
Touches mine in a fond embrace;
I love your hair when the strands enmesh
Your kisses against my face.
Not for me the cold, calm kiss
Of a virgin’s bloodless love;
Not for me the...
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Misery and Splendor
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Summoned by conscious recollection, she would be smiling, they might be in a kitchen talking, before or after dinner. But they are in this other room, the window has many small panes, and they are on a couch embracing. He holds her tightly as he can, she buries herself in his body. Morning, maybe it is evening, light is flowing through the room. Outside, the day is...
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“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.”
– Isaac Asimov, Salvor Hardin, “Foundation” Science fiction writer (1920 - 1992) (via tapwaterjackson) (via quote-book)
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“Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through...”
– Ellen Goodman (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)
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