No, not horror. Enlightenment (Tim W. Burke, The Flesh Sutra)
She is in charge of everything, but no one knows. It is a tremendous burden, she says, to be responsible for every little thing, every infant born, every leaf falling from every tree, every wave that breaks onto the beach, every ant on its journey
She is in charge of everything, but no one knows. It is a tremendous burden, she says, to be responsible for every little thing, every infant born, every leaf falling from every tree, every wave that breaks onto the beach, every ant on its journey (Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See)
And the snow that fell onto the roof in winter… it fell softly… softly… and it covered the house, the armchair, the books, the children’s voices. It covered Anna and Abel, covered their parallel world, and everything was finally, very, very quiet
And the snow that fell onto the roof in winter… it fell softly… softly… and it covered the house, the armchair, the books, the children’s voices. It covered Anna and Abel, covered their parallel world, and everything was finally, very, very quiet (Antonia Michaelis, The Storyteller)
Children should learn that reading is pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do in school
Children should learn that reading is pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do in school (Beverly Cleary)
I have to get stronger, harder, and faster. The only way to get hard enough to walk the Apocalypse Road is in the crucible of battle
I have to get stronger, harder, and faster. The only way to get hard enough to walk the Apocalypse Road is in the crucible of battle (Cedric Nye, Jango’s Anthem)
Perhaps my greatest wisdom is the knowledge that I do not know
Perhaps my greatest wisdom is the knowledge that I do not know (John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America)
Are there many little boys who think they are a Monster? But in my case I am right said Geryon to the Dog they were sitting on the bluffs The dog regarded himJoyfully – Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red
Are there many little boys who think they are a Monster? But in my case I am right said Geryon to the Dog they were sitting on the bluffs The dog regarded himJoyfully – Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red
Willpower is misunderstood. The very word suggests that wanting something badly enough bequeaths that necessary strength to achieve or overcome something. If that were the case, I’d be Michael Fassbender’s missus by now
Willpower is misunderstood. The very word suggests that wanting something badly enough bequeaths that necessary strength to achieve or overcome something. If that were the case, I’d be Michael Fassbender’s missus by now (Annmarie O’Connor, The Happy Closet)
People are mostly layers of violence and tenderness wrapped like bulbs, and it is difficult to say what makes them onions or hyacinths
People are mostly layers of violence and tenderness wrapped like bulbs, and it is difficult to say what makes them onions or hyacinths. (Eudora Welty, Delta Wedding)
If all it takes to motivate you is a quote then this quote has nothing to say – except to go soar with the freakin’ eagles
If all it takes to motivate you is a quote then this quote has nothing to say – except to go soar with the freakin’ eagles (Ryan Lilly)