February 2012
53 posts
And in the end, of course, a true war story is never about war. It’s about...
– - How to Tell a True War Story by Tim O’Brien (via saragladwin)
This short story is what made me want to write.
I want a red dress.
I want it flimsy and cheap,
I want it too tight, I want to...
– “What Do Women Want?,” Kim Addonizio (via clavicola)
…I think we are terrible animals. And I think our planet’s immune system is...
– Kurt Vonnegut, on The Daily Show (via nevver)
…I think we are terrible animals. And I think our planet’s immune system is...
– Kurt Vonnegut, on The Daily Show (via nevver)
I’m totally crazy, I know that. I don’t say that to be a smartass, but I know...
– Maurice Sendak (via libraryland)
I THINK A$AP ROCKY JUST GREW UP LISTENING TO TOO MUCH BONE THUGS AND THEN MADE AN ALBUM.
….I ain’t mad at it.
I am accused. I dream of massacres.
I am a garden of black and red agonies. I...
– Sylvia Plath, from “Three Women: A Poem for Three Voices” (via awritersruminations)
I’ve always felt that poetry was particularly erotic, more than prose was. … I...
– Former poet laureate Donald Hall on poetry. (via nprfreshair)
kanye west: will you be my valentine
kanye west: yes
All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.
– Oscar Wilde (via libraryland)