Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, quoted in Wonder by R. J. Palacio
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"I wondered, for the first time in my life, if life was worth all the work it took to live. What exactly made it worth it? What's so horrible about being dead forever, and not feeling anything, and not even dreaming? What's so great about feeling and dreaming?"
- Jonathan Safran Foer (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close)
- Jonathan Safran Foer (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close)
I'm Philippa, 24, and I'm from London.
~ Wednesday, May 16 ~
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~ Wednesday, May 9 ~
“ It amazes me how easy it is for things to change, how easy it is to start off down the same road you always take and wind up somewhere new. Just one false step, one pause, one detour, and you end up with new friends or a bad reputation or a boyfriend or a breakup. It’s never occurred to me before; I’ve never been able to see it. And it makes me feel, weirdly, like maybe all of these different possibilities exist at the same time, like each moment we live has a thousand other moments layered underneath it that look different.
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lauren oliver
before i fall
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possibility
— Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall
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~ Monday, May 7 ~
“ I’ve never really thought about it before, but it’s a miracle how many different kinds of light there are in the world, how many skies: the pale brightness of spring, when it feels like the whole world is blushing; the lush, bright boldness of a July noon; purple storm skies and a green queasiness just before lightning strikes and crazy multicoloured sunsets that look like someone’s acid trip.
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lauren oliver
before i fall
light
— Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall
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~ Friday, April 27 ~
“ Stories, like conjuring tricks, are invented because history is inadequate to our dreams
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steven millhauser
eisenheim the illusionist
the barnum museum
stories
— Steven Millhauser, “Eisenheim the Illusionist” in The Barnum Museum
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~ Tuesday, April 24 ~
From “The Eighth Voyage of Sinbad” in The Barnum Museum by Steven Millhauser.
~ Saturday, April 21 ~
“ Rain lashed the windows - hammer-blows of rain. At any moment the panes were going to crack like eggshells. Then the rain would fall on the cold radiator, on the bedspread, on the open suitcase sitting on the wooden chair. Slowly the room would fill with water, slowly my bed would rise - and turning and turning, I would float out through the window into the angry sky.
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steven millhauser
the sepia postcard
the barnum museum
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rain
— Steven Millhauser, “The Sepia Postcard” in The Barnum Museum.
As I read this passage, the rain at my window suddenly became louder and heavier, and died away seconds after I finished reading it. It was a little spooky, but lovely. I adore the sound of rain at my window.
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~ Thursday, April 12 ~
“ How will a ‘star’ and an actor mix? They’ll have to find somewhere to meet between the sky and the stage.
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colin clark
the prince the showgirl and me
marilyn monroe
laurence olivier
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— Colin Clark, The Prince, the Showgirl and Me
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~ Friday, March 30 ~
“ That’s what I love about poetry. The more abstract, the better. The stuff where you’re not sure what the poet’s talking about. You may have an idea, but you can’t be sure. Not a hundred percent. Each word, specifically chosen, could have a million different meanings. Is it a stand-in—a symbol— for another idea? Does it fit into a larger, more hidden metaphor?
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jay asher
thirteen reasons why
poetry
— Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why
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~ Thursday, March 29 ~
“ If you could hear other people’s thoughts, you’d overhear things that are true as well as completely random. And you wouldn’t know one from the other. It’d drive you insane. What’s true? What’s not? A million ideas, but what do they mean?
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jay asher
thirteen reasons why
thoughts
— Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why
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~ Sunday, February 19 ~
“ The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.
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into the wild
chris mccandless
jon krakauer
— Chris McCandless, quoted in Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
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