November 2010
October 2010
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“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but...”
– G.K. Chesterton (via bookwormshaven)
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Eating candy like it's my job right now.
“Maybe print is dead, but at least when you finish reading a book, there isn’t a...”
– @hopelarson on Twitter (via timtfj)
Opening Credits & First Five Minutes of "The... →
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“There’s a line to be drawn between spooking children and horrifying them....”
– Steven Moffat from Radio Times on Doctor Who, but found in this fabulous blog talking about death in children’s literature.
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10 Literary Halloween Costumes From Litdrift →
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Mortifying Experiences
Today my bottle of soda exploded while I was walking down the hall. There was a group of maybe 6 or 7 other students who could have easily been my age or younger. I had in my earphones, so I didn’t hear exact words, but I heard laughter while I stood there cringing at the splatters of soda on the floor. I set down my bag and I know they were watching me the whole time. It felt like high...
“You should never just read for ‘enjoyment.’ Read to make yourself smarter! Less...”
– John Waters in his memoir, Role Models (via austinkleon) (via reading-is-fun) (via teachingliteracy)
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“You will get little or nothing from the printed page if you bring it nothing but...”
– Walter Pitkin (via libraryland)
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Last Halloween
After four years, our Halloweens were steeped in tradition. First, we’d go choose pumpkins. Yours were always off putting, with a nasty natural growth or a color that seems not quite right. You even glued a stem back on because it made it look really gnarly one year. Mine, I liked to just make sure there was a flat bottom and at least one good side for carving. They’d get carved at my...
A Literary Map of Manhattan →
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FUN / nerdy.
Wherein I Respond To A Response To Kate Beaton →
krisstraub:
While I can appreciate what’s being offered here — that perhaps a statement like “I want to have your babies” has become a largely-genderless compliment that can be uttered to male or female without actual intent to impregnate — there is not a ton of room to argue its innocence, as we cannot speak to the intent of the person offering the compliment. Unfortunately, there are people on...
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“So anyway, yes, I think I’d be grossed out if I had to watch two characters with...”
– Marie Claire writer Maura Kelly • Basically calling fat people ugly and claiming that they’re at fault for their conditions. Kelly, who was responding to a CNN article about Hollywood’s treatment of plus-size characters in TV shows, went on to claim that “obesity is something that most people have a...
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“The man that I named the Giver passed along to the boy knowledge, history,...”
– Lois Lowry (via wordpainting)
“Most people use twenty verbs to describe everything from a run in their stocking...”
– Janet Fitch, author of White Oleander. (via vulvamort)
“I’m gonna go talk to some food about this.”
– Liz Lemon (via mrgolightly)
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bibliowormed asked: alo Aden! hi!!! thank you for the follow! :) i must say, if there's something you really like doing, keep on doing it! it doesn't have to take up most of your time, just maybe an hour or so in a week would be time enough, as long as you take some time doing what you love, so you don't get burned out. it's been years too, since i sketched anything, since my job took me...
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