February 2012
119 posts
“The one rule about writing a memoir is that you must either be distinguished or...”
– Writing Advice From Martin Amis « Thought Catalog
“Forgive me for startling you with the impetuosity of my sentiments … It...”
– Leap year quiz: literary proposals | Books | guardian.co.uk
“In vain I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You...”
– Leap year quiz: literary proposals | Books | guardian.co.uk
“In its noblest form, morbid curiosity is an expression of empathy. “Our...”
– ‘Train Wreck’: You Know You Want To Look : NPR
“The larger lesson is that the increasing complexity of human knowledge, coupled...”
– Brainstorming Doesn’t Really Work : The New Yorker
“The trouble with the Bill of Rights, he argues, is that it emphasizes process...”
– Mass Incarceration and Criminal Justice in America : The New Yorker
“It is a kind of industrial Platonism. All knives have an essence, and if the...”
– Form and Fortune
“When you’re young, you look at television and think, There’s a conspiracy. The...”
– Steve Jobs - Form and Fortune
“Only 7% of the population attend independent schools, but the privately educated...”
– Opening Doors, Breaking Barriers: A Strategy for Social Mobility
“For most of us living with sidewalks and street lamps, death has become a rarely...”
– Our unrealistic views of death, through a doctor’s eyes - The Washington Post
“Unrealistic expectations often begin with an overestimation of modern medicine’s...”
– Our unrealistic views of death, through a doctor’s eyes - The Washington Post
“When you don’t have many friends and you don’t have a social life you’re kind of...”
– Tim Burton (via narcoticalupus)
John Cotton Dana’s 12 Rules for Reading
nevver:
1. Read 2. Read. 3. Read some more. 4. Read anything. 5. Read about everything. 6. Read enjoyable things. 7. Read things you yourself enjoy. 8. Read, and talk about it. 9. Read very carefully, some things. 10. Read on the run, most things. 11. Don’t think about reading, but 12. Just read. Libraryland
“When I sing ‘Someone Like You,’ I know that every single person in the room will...”
– Adele in the March Issue of Vogue (via vogue)
“By agreeing to appear on television shows without worrying about whether...”
– Pierre Bourdieu - On Television
