LifeofFiction

"[When Vonnegut tells his wife he’s going out to buy an envelope] Oh, she says, well, you’re not a..."

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 22:50:10 -0700

“[When Vonnegut tells his wife he’s going out to buy an envelope] Oh, she says, well, you’re not a poor man. You know, why don’t you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet? And so I pretend not to hear her. And go out to get an envelope because I’m going to have a hell of a good time in the process of buying one envelope. I meet a lot of people. And, see some great looking babes. And a fire engine goes by. And I give them the thumbs up. And, and ask a woman what kind of dog that is. And, and I don’t know. The moral of the story is, is we’re here on Earth to fart around. And, of course, the computers will do us out of that. And, what the computer people don’t realize, or they don’t care, is we’re dancing animals. You know, we love to move around. And, we’re not supposed to dance at all anymore.”

- Kurt Vonnegut (via loveyourchaos)

Happy Birthday to me.

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 00:01:38 -0700

Two decades old… What have I done with 20 years?

I’m sorry for the language, but this is about as relevant...

Sun, 07 Aug 2011 14:09:00 -0700

I’m sorry for the language, but this is about as relevant as can be to my life right now.

William Shakespeare, The First Folio.

Sun, 07 Aug 2011 13:10:05 -0700

William Shakespeare, The First Folio.

"Time’s glory is to calm contending kings, To unmask falsehood and bring truth to light, To..."

Sun, 07 Aug 2011 12:37:05 -0700

“Time’s glory is to calm contending kings,
To unmask falsehood and bring truth to light,
To stamp the seal of time in aged things,
To wake the morn and sentinel the night,
To wrong the wronger till he render right,
To ruinate proud buildings with thy hours,
And smear with dust their glittering golden towers;
To fill with worm-holes stately monuments,
To feed oblivion with decay of things,
To blot old books and alter their contents,
To pluck the quills from ancient ravens’ wings,
To dry the old oak’s sap and cherish springs,
To spoil antiquities of hammer’d steel,
And turn the giddy round of Fortune’s wheel;
To show the beldam daughters of her daughter,
To make the child a man, the man a child,
To slay the tiger that doth live by slaughter,
To tame the unicorn and lion wild,
To mock the subtle in themselves beguiled,
To cheer the ploughman with increaseful crops,
And waste huge stones with little water drops.”

- Shakespeare, “The Rape of Lucrece”.

"Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving."

Sun, 07 Aug 2011 12:13:05 -0700

“Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.”

- Shakespeare, “Othello”.

"What, my dear Lady Disdain! are you yet living?"

Sun, 07 Aug 2011 11:48:05 -0700

“What, my dear Lady Disdain! are you yet living?”

- Shakespeare, “Much Ado About Nothing”.

"Better a witty fool than a foolish wit!"

Sun, 07 Aug 2011 11:23:35 -0700

“Better a witty fool than a foolish wit!”

- Shakespeare

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Sat, 30 Jul 2011 00:15:11 -0700

"If the novel is dead, I’m a necrophiliac."

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 08:16:21 -0700

“If the novel is dead, I’m a necrophiliac.”

- Tiffany Madison (via teachingliteracy)

laphamsquarterly: What can we say? Bitches love...

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:55:26 -0700

laphamsquarterly:

What can we say? Bitches love sonnets.

Please excuse the profanities, this is just too good.

My favorite Harry Potter books Vs. My favorite Harry Potter movies

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:18:33 -0700

So it seems that everyone has the Potter craze right now, and even I have to admit I have caught a small amount of the excitement. While they are far from my favorite series of books you can’t deny that they are really fun to read and far more deserving of their fame then other book series…

Anyways I’m going to outline my favorite of the books and my favorite of the movies. The order may surprise you:

Books (from least to greatest)

7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

6. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

4. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

3. Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix

2. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

1. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Films (from least to greatest)

8. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

7. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

6. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

5. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1

4. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

3. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

2. Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix

1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2

"Even when reading is impossible, the presence of books acquired produces such an ecstasy that the..."

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:55:31 -0700

“Even when reading is impossible, the presence of books acquired produces such an ecstasy that the buying of more books than one can read is nothing less than the soul reaching towards infinity. We cherish books even if unread, their mere presence exudes comfort, their ready access reassurance.”

- A.E. Newton (via 500daysofkissingmypillow)

1. She’s gorgeous 2. She’s reading which makes her...

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:41:23 -0700

1. She’s gorgeous 2. She’s reading which makes her even more gorgeous.

"She hated people who thought too much. At that moment, she struck me as an appropriate..."

Sun, 17 Jul 2011 20:23:26 -0700

“She hated people who thought too much. At that moment, she struck me as an appropriate representative for almost al mankind.”

- Kurt Vonnegut “Cat’s Cradle”

"Good art however “immoral” is wholly a thing of virtue. Good art can not be immoral. By..."

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 13:37:06 -0700

“Good art however “immoral” is wholly a thing of virtue. Good art can not be immoral. By good art I mean art that bears true witness, I mean the art that is most precise.”

- Ezra Pound

Ezra Pound

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:34:06 -0700

Ezra Pound

"Here is our poetry, for we have pulled down the stars to our will."

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:14:05 -0700

“Here is our poetry, for we have pulled down the stars to our will.”

- Ezra Pound

"A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him."

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:06:05 -0700

“A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him.”

- Ezra Pound

jacklondonlibrary: The Poems of John Keats.

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:49:15 -0700

jacklondonlibrary:

The Poems of John Keats.