December 2011
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“We should not celebrate pain, nor confuse suffering with virtue, but we must...”
– James Bradley, “Never Real and Always True: On Depression and Creativity” (read the whole essay here)
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Nearly 1 in 5 Women in U.S. Survey Report [Rape] |... →
mohandasgandhi: stfurapeculture: I amended the title up there because it was actually incorrect. One in 5 women in this study reported rape. A far greater number reported sexual assault that did not meet the study’s definition of rape. Actual report is here if anyone wants to check it out. It should also be noted this was a telephone survey that only included people 18 and older. Given the...
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goodliterature: “May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful, and don’t forget to make some art — write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.”  ― Neil Gaiman
Dec 31st
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“It is December in the garden, an early winter here, with snow already hiding...”
– Linda Pastan, “The Letter” (via soulsublime)
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“As a writer one doesn’t belong anywhere. Fiction writers, I think, are even more...”
– William Trevor (via bookoasis)
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“One of the most terrifying aspects of publishing stories and books is the...”
– Shirley Jackson, from a 1960 lecture (December 14, 1916 - August 8, 1965) (via Word Painting)  
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“Do you ever grow weary of your own perspective?—of the mistakes you fall into,...”
– Kara VanderBijl, “Charades” (via leopoldgursky)
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“To describe the process of barring someone from our lives, we call it “cutting...”
–  Kara VanderBijl, “Charades” (via leopoldgursky)
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“I feel unbearably weary. Some of it is good weariness; the weight of love, of...”
–  Kara VanderBijl, “Charades” (via leopoldgursky)
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“When I notice superstition curling up around the radiators at night or in the...”
–  Kara VanderBijl, “Charades” (via leopoldgursky)
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“Let’s face it: I’m scared, scared and frozen. First, I guess I’m afraid for...”
– Sylvia Plath (via 24ribs)
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“I felt a haunting loneliness sometimes, and felt it in others—young clerks in...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald (via girlinlondon)
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