January 2012
“The woman who appeals to a man’s vanity may stimulate him, the woman who appeals...”
– Helen Rowland (via ctboston)
“Astonishing the way the world can tilt on its axis and yet people continue to...”
– Debra Dean, The Madonnas of Leningrad
“If you don’t become the ocean
you’ll be seasick
every day.”
– Leonard Cohen, Good Advice for Someone Like Me (via dreigroschenoper)
“Only a rank degenerate would drive 1,500 miles across Texas without eating a...”
– Larry McMurtry, In a Narrow Grave: Essays on Texas
“Let me be, was all I wanted. Be what I am, no matter how I am.”
– Henry Miller, from Henry Miller on Writing (via liquidnight)
“By perseverance the snail reached the ark.”
– Charles Spurgeon
“Anticipation! It occurred to him that his anticipation was more pleasant to him...”
– Patricia Highsmith, The Talented Mr. Ripley
“Backward is just not a natural direction for Americans to look —...”
– Larry McMurtry
“Nunchaku skills… bowhunting skills… computer hacking skills…...”
– Napoleon Dynamite
“Once the water is deep enough that you must swim to stay afloat, does it really...”
– Seth Godin
“My imagination functions much better when I don’t have to speak to people.”
– Patricia Highsmith
“I don’t set the alarm to get up. I get up when I feel like it.”
– Patricia Highsmith
“Always wear expensive shoes. People notice.”
– Brian Koslow
“Art is like baby shoes. When you coat them with gold, they can no longer be...”
– John Updike
“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its...”
– Charles Spurgeon
