January 2012
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Midwest junior tennis was also my initiation into true adult sadness. I had...
– From the essay “Derivative Sport in Tornado Alley” published in A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again written by David Foster Wallace.
I could spend oh so many days whiling away the hours with Wallace’s words.
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Things to worry about:
Worry about courage
Worry about cleanliness
Worry...
– A letter written by F. Scott Fitzgerald to his daughter.
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D'Angelo Barksdale Taught Me How To Play Chess
D’Angelo: Nah yo, it ain’t like that. Look, the pawns man, in the game, they get capped quick. They be out the game early.
Bodie: Unless they some smart ass pawns.
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Infinite Drunk Ron Swanson →
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The forty days of the soul begin on the morning after death. The first night,...
– From The Tiger’s Wife by Téa Obreht
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Side note rhetorical question: Why does the Devil only seem to inhabit the very...
– David Cross on the topic of the devil in his book of laughs, I Drink For A Reason.
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The proof that lithium stabilized one’s mood was confirmed every time...
– From The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
I loved every moment I shared with this book and felt a deep connection to several characters making it a piece of literature difficult to put down and even more difficult to close the cover once it had been read all the way through. Whether you’ve...
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My milkshakes bring all the boys to the yard.
– Sylvia Plath (via incorrectsylviaplathquotes)
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This party's going to be off the hook!
Just returned home from a night of milkshakes with some of my favorite Seoul pals followed by a few hours of Just Dance at a Wii room that was filled with pillows/stuffed animals and featured a ceiling covered in balloons. The Wii room rental also came with unlimited juice and cookies. It was off the chain.
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Tonight is a "Kicking and Screaming" kind of night
Grover: What are you writing? Jane: Some notes. Grover: Will you stop writing what I’m saying?! Can we have one spontaneous conversation where my dialogue doesn’t end up in your next story? And what if I want this material? Jane: Will see who gets it first.
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The more she thought about it, the more Madeleine understood that extreme...
– From The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides