August 2010
July 2010
“Equality is not a concept. It’s not something we should be striving for....”
– Joss Whedon
“If all the world hated you and believed you wicked, while your own conscience...”
– Charlotte Brontë (Jane Eyre)
“Very occasionally, if you pay really close attention, life doesn’t suck.”
– Joss Whedon
“There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in...”
– P.G. Wodehouse
“I’ll take crazy over stupid any day.”
– Joss Whedon
“Books are like mirrors: if a fool looks in, you cannot expect a genius to look...”
– J.K. Rowling
“If you liked being a teenager, there’s something really wrong with you.”
– Stephen King
“I think it’s perfectly possible to explain how the universe came about...”
– Philip Pullman
“Both Rowling and Meyer, they’re speaking directly to young people. … The real...”
– Stephen King
“We don’t need a list of rights and wrongs, tables of dos and don’ts: we need...”
– Philip Pullman
“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.”
– William Shakespeare
“A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been,...”
– William Shakespeare
“It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so...”
– J.K. Rowling
“It takes much bravery to stand up to our enemies but we need as much bravery to...”
– J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
I couldn’t agree with this more.
Manners
I love eating with my hands. I don’t know why. It’s just something I enjoy.
When I’m out somewhere eating or eating around other people I try to stick to cutlery, unless it’s a specifically finger-type food. But when I’m at home or if I think I can get away with it, without too much fuss, (and assuming it’s not something that you really do need cutlery for -...
That's it...
I’m going to the book store after work.
“You speak baby gibberish?’ asked Jack.
‘Fluently. The...”
– Jasper Fforde The Big Over Easy
“Maybe those sorts of yes-or-no life-and-death decisions are easier to make...”
– Jasper Fforde The Eyre Affair
“How many people want to read about three disreputable pigs and a dopey wolf with...”
– Jasper Fforde The Big Over Easy
“Goodness is weakness, pleasantness is poisonous, serenity is mediocrity and...”
– Jasper Fforde The Eyre Affair
“Reality is frequently inaccurate.”
– Douglas Adams
“First we thought the PC was a calculator. Then we found out how to turn numbers...”
– Douglas Adams
“I’d take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day.”
– Douglas Adams The Salmon of Doubt
editorialjoe-deactivated2010102 asked: Gimme a line from literature that you adore. When I say literature, I mean anything published, but preferably something that has you running to a physical page in a physical book.
Anonymous asked: What is your favorite thing about me? (via @hismuse)
“Truth is, everybody is going to hurt you; you just gotta find the ones worth...”
– Bob Marley
