June 2012
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house of insomnia: Famous Novelists on Symbolism... →
It was 1963, and 16-year-old Bruce McAllister was sick of symbol-hunting in English class. Rather than quarrel with his teacher, he went straight to the source: McAllister mailed a crude, four-question survey to 150 novelists, asking if they intentionally planted symbolism in their work. Seventy-five authors responded. Here’s what they had to say. This Is fucking amazing. Seriously. Richard...
“And that alone is love, that which never becomes something else.”
– Kierkegaard (via nevver) nevver, because everything nevver puts up is awesome.
Holy shit
This is awesome!
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“I was raised on a farm in Mooresville, Indiana. My mama died when I was three,...”
– John Dillinger to Billie Frechette in Public Enemies
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“The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is...”
– James Nicoll, 1990 (via coooode) Prettymuch.
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I am a lot less stressed
after eating a sandwich. huh.
footlong herb and cheese with roast chicken, tikka chicken, bacon provolone, lettuce, tomato, red onion, lots of pickles, salt and pepper and southwest sauce. toasted.
I hurt a little inside.
It would be nice my dear mind, if once in a while, you just engaged the clutch a little, and let things spin. Please. I didn’t take you to fancy school and I didn’t take you to fancy college, I quit games and I’m sorry. I am fucking sorry. Please stop punishing me by working every possible solution and branch and splintered possibility.
