January 2012
11 posts
“Haven’t I? - he thought. Haven’t I thought of it since the first...”
– Hank Rearden to Dagny Taggart in Atlas Shrugged
“Dagny, there is nothing of any importance in life except how well you do your...”
– Young Francisco d’Anconia to Dagny Taggart in Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
“Her eyes were glittering like the eyes of a child when you give a nice surprise,...”
– All the King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren
“The creation of man whom God in his foreknowledge knew doomed to sin was the...”
– All the Kings Men by Robert Penn Warren
“Tell me a story.
In this century, and moment, of mania,
Tell me a story.
Make...”
– “Tell me A Story” by Robert Penn Warren
“…when we sit down day after day and keep grinding, something mysterious...”
– The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
“Make the tale live for us, in all its many bearings. O Muse.”
– Homer’s Odyssey (translated by T.E Lawrence)
“Authenticity is invaluable, originality is non-existent.”
maddierose:
She doesn’t say ‘I love you’ like a normal person. Instead, she’ll laugh, shake her head, give you a little smile, and say… ‘You’re an idiot’. If she tells you you’re an idiot, you are a lucky man.
