February 2012
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So avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he is...
– Dead Poets Society, 1989 (via pass-that)
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We can only revel in our fears.
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January 2012
11 posts
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Move On.
Trying to make “your dreams come true” can completely backfire.
Learn your lesson. Stay in tune with reality.
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One common question asked by many writers is: “How long should my story be?” The simplest answer is: As long as it takes to tell the whole story. However, there are certain word lengths that editors prefer to see when submitting work. Here is an approximate…
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Voracious ambition of humans is never sated by dreams coming true, because there...
– John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
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Literature has Done it Again
Some say I’m a softie, others might say I am just too sensitive for my own good. I could care less though. Few know this moment, few can understand this feeling.
I sit here typing through blurry vision, feeling a moist circle begin to form where the tears land on my sweat pants. It is truly a bittersweet feeling, to be left so vulnerable and weak, deeply saddened with the end, yet also...
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Oh, it’s New Year’s?
Just another day.
December 2011
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When I had no roof I made
Audacity my roof. When I had
No supper my eyes...
– Robert Pinksy (“Samurai Song”)
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Tomorrow, you promise yourself, will be different, yet, tomorrow is too often a...
– James T. McCay (submitted by peacelovemusicfaith)
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The End
You cannot make anyone happy, not entirely anyway.
People will lie to others and to themselves. People will try and force their happiness. Or they can just be simply selfish.
I would know.
I’m done living in my paperback world - it’s time to face reality.
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I feel as if I have so much to say…
Yet, I cannot figure out what to say, how to say it.
I’m...
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Tuesday!
I’m unbelievably anxious for Tuesday. I have so many doubts about my cameras and the film. :-/
Yet, it is a bittersweet feeling since I have friends finally coming into town that day too.
My poor nerves!