May 2012
59 posts
“Characters in books do not read books. Oh, they snap then shut when somebody...”
– Michael Swanwick - Goblin Lake
breadstickfanclub:
The year is 2042. “I was born in the wrong generation” a teenage white girl sighs as she listens to One Direction and cleans the lens on her vintage iPhone 4S.
“Who, we sometimes ask, at the dinners and debates of the intelligentsia, was the...”
– William Davies, New Statesman, August 1, 2005
mister ebby: 10 Reasons to Date Someone in the... →
misterebby:
10 Reasons to Date Someone in the Arts
1 They will always have a friend who’s in a show, or having a reading, or playing a gig, or showing in an art gallery.
Which means you constantly get to go on cool, interesting dates.
2 Artists often get paid nothing, but the amount…
yufeelme:
don’t hate your body because it’s too fat or too thin hate it because it’s a prison of flesh and its existence is meaningless
“It would be impossible to imagine going through life without swearing, and...”
– Stephen Fry, language enthusiast, defends the unnecessary ”art” of swearing
(via)
Fuck yeah
“Most of the writers I know are weird hybrids. There’s a strong streak of...”
– David Foster Wallace, 1996 (via annieatkins, sometimesagreatnotion)
“Cussing doesn’t come from a lack of vocabulary – I know all the other words....”
– Anis Mojgani (via harlottakesatumble)
curiosity counts: Airplane Passengers As Explained... →
curiositycounts:
by Wendi Aarons
Wool Suit Pants: Will board before you.
Wool Hunting Pants: Will board after you.
Pleated Dockers: Will loudly talk on cell phone about ROIs and vertical markets.
Pajama Bottoms: Will be flying either to or from a city with a Señor Frog’s.
Sweatpants with Dallas…
How do I know he really loves me?
ilovecharts:
Love is really not that hard.
