May 2012
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“I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.”
– Markus Zusak
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Interviewer: Does something bother you? How can you write poetry if you are not bothered by something?
Leonard Cohen: I'm bothered when I wake in the morning. My real concern is to discover whether or not I am in a state of grace and if I discover that I am not I go back to bed.
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The only books I want to read are ones that are going to burn me, make me think, or break my heart.
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You could have it all; my empire of dirt. I will...
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“I have always been a wretched speaker. My vocabulary dwells deep in my mind and...”
– Vladimir Nabokov
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“You are in my blood. I cant help it. We can’t be anywhere except together.”
– Francesca Lia Block
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They say that life is short.
Life is not short.
Life is the longest thing you are ever going to experience over the course of your entire existence.
Regardless of this fact, there are opportunities to be had, experiences that will not wait around until you think you will be ready.
No. Life is not short, but it doesn’t mean you get to sit in your corner and wait out the longest thing you’re ever going to know,...
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n. the unsettling realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own—populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness—an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear...
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“I can bear any pain as long as it has meaning.”
– Haruki Murakami
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The years have been short, but the days go slowly...
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“Sometimes the best way to solve a creative problem is to take a vacation or read...”
– Rob Giampietro
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“The answer is dreams. Dreaming on and on. Entering the world of dreams and never...”
– Haruki Murakami
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Are you from around here? How do you do? I'd like...
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“Not that smart. Not that hot. Not that nice. Not that funny. That’s me:...”
– John Green & David Levithan
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Be cruel to me, 'cause I'm a fool for you.
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“A poet looks at the world the way a man looks at a woman.”
– Wallace Stevens
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Songs that kill me:
“Hurt”, Johnny Cash
“Okay I Believe You, But My Tommy Gun Don’t”, Brand New
“Kill”, Jimmy Eat World
“Every Man I Fall For”, Cold War Kids
“Sideways”, Citizen Cope
“Ghosts”, Laura Marling
“For Emma”, Bon Iver
“Poke”, Frightened Rabbit
“Tiny Vessels”, Death Cab for Cutie
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“I’ve tried so many times to think of a new way to say it — and it’s still I love...”
– Zelda Fitzgerald
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“All I ever wanted was to know what to do.”
– Dave Eggers
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Every book you have ever read that has touched your heart is just a compilation of 26 letters.
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A little over a year ago I met a boy.
This was no ordinary boy. This boy, he could light up the whole country with his smile.
And I am lucky to have him in my life, and am lucky to be a part of his.
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Things to remember:
If you think someone is special, tell them
If you think someone is special, make the effort even when it looks like things might not go the way you planned
If someone thinks you are special, keep them around
If a butterfly lands on your finger, it means someone is thinking about you
It’s okay to blow the butterfly off gently if you make a wish
No music is ‘embarrassing’ to listen to
Kisses...