Literature Quotes

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Mon, 13 May 2013 12:45:39 -0700

from “A Girl I Knew”

Mon, 06 May 2013 12:45:23 -0700

from “A Girl I Knew”

12 Things Every "The Great Gatsby" Buff Should Know

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 12:45:18 -0700

12 Things Every "The Great Gatsby" Buff Should Know:

This celebrated literary classic was almost titled Gold-Hatted Gatsby.

"If people can just love each other a little bit, they can be so happy."

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 18:15:59 -0700

“If people can just love each other a little bit, they can be so happy.”

- Emile Zola, Germinal

adulthoodisokay: Literary graffiti is awesome.

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:45:26 -0700

adulthoodisokay:

Literary graffiti is awesome.

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Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:45:25 -0700

"No rest without love, no sleep without dreams of love- be mad or chill obsessed with angels or..."

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 12:45:21 -0700

“No rest without love,
no sleep without dreams of love-
be mad or chill obsessed with angels or machines,
the final wish is love
-cannot be bitter, cannot deny,
cannot withhold if denied: the weight is too heavy”

- Allen Ginsberg, “Song”

noseinabook: March 8th is International Women’s Day and here...

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:06:17 -0700

noseinabook:

March 8th is International Women’s Day and here are some books to celebrate.

"This is one of the disadvantages of wine, it makes a man mistake words for thoughts."

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:30:42 -0700

“This is one of the disadvantages of wine, it makes a man mistake words for thoughts.”

- Samuel Johnson, The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. Vol.2

"And remember this, that if you’ve been hated, you’ve also been loved."

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 18:15:41 -0700

“And remember this, that if you’ve been hated, you’ve also been loved.”

- Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady

"Whoever controls the past controls the future; whoever controls the present, controls the past."

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 20:00:50 -0700

“Whoever controls the past controls the future; whoever controls the present, controls the past.”

- George Orwell, 1984

"Whatever our fate is or may be, we have made it and do not complain of it."

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:00:59 -0700

“Whatever our fate is or may be, we have made it and do not complain of it.”

- Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

"Love, she thought, must come suddenly, with great outbursts and lightnings,—a hurricane of the..."

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:01:00 -0700

“Love, she thought, must come suddenly, with great outbursts and lightnings,—a hurricane of the skies, which falls upon life, revolutionises it, roots up the will like a leaf, and sweeps the whole heart into the abyss.”

- Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary

"I didn’t want to wake up. I was having a much better time asleep. And that’s really sad...."

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:00:53 -0700

“I didn’t want to wake up. I was having a much better time asleep. And that’s really sad. It was almost like a reverse nightmare, like when you wake up from a nightmare you’re so relieved. I woke up into a nightmare.”

- Ned Vizzini, It’s Kind of a Funny Story

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Wed, 16 Jan 2013 20:01:05 -0700

teachingliteracy: penguin english library

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 20:00:53 -0700

teachingliteracy:

penguin english library

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Fri, 04 Jan 2013 20:00:46 -0700

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Thu, 03 Jan 2013 20:00:51 -0700

"The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple"

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:01:06 -0700

“The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple”

- Oscar Wilde (via tattoolit)

"There’s no one thing that’s true. It’s all true."

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:44:00 -0700

““There’s no one thing that’s true. It’s all true.””

- Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls