camuscase
- February 14th
The time we shared long ago reprises itself in my memory on one particular day in the second month of every year. On Valentine's Day, I ruminate, reminisce, and regret all at once. Now, it's the 15th. The time has come again to release these resurfaced memories. Part of me would love to be able to forget, and another part of me thinks it's important to remember not only for the lessons heartbreak taught me, but also for the pleasant memories we shared.
P. G. Wodehouse
- The Inimitable Jeeves
I had promised to meet young Bingo next day, to tell him what I thought of his infernal Charlotte, and I was mooching slowly up St. James's Street, trying to think how the dickens I could explain to him, without hurting his feelings, that I considered her one of the world's foulest, when who should come toddling out of the Devonshire Club but old Bittlesham and Bingo himself. I hurried on and overtook them.
Oliver Black
- Expand Your Options
As you open your eyes, you expand your options. As you learn more, you expand your options. As you make yourself willing to travel, you expand your options. In a world of 8 billion people, there's someone looking for exactly you.
Czeslaw Milosz
- The Captive Mind: Truth in Writing
When a writer strives to present reality most faithfully he becomes convinced that untruth is at times the greatest truth. The world is so rich and so complex that the more one tries not to omit any part of the truth, the more uncovers wonders that elude the pen.
XIV05
- Hopefully a short quote of a dog and cat
The dog and cat were actually friends. They went to the park. They started to chase some birds. After playing in the park, the dog and cat went home to the boy.
Winston Churchill
Arm yourselves, and be ye men of valour, and be in readiness for the conflict; for it is better for us to perish in battle than to look upon the outrage of our nation and our altar. As the Will of God is in Heaven, even so let it be.
jeff buckley
- forget her
Don't fool yourself, she was heartache from the moment that you met her. My heart feels so still as I try to find the will to forget her, somehow. Oh, I think I've forgotten her now. Her love is a rose, pale and dying. Dropping her petals in a land unknown.
Max Barry
- Snow White
Once upon a time there was a queen, and the queen said, "Hey Google, who's the fairest one of all?" And her Nest Audio said, "Sorry, I didn't understand." So the queen tried again; she said: "Hey Google, who is the most attractive person in my geographic area?" and Google said, "Sorry, I don't have any information about that."
Marie Drake
- Alaska Flag Song
Eight stars of gold on a field of blue, Alaska's flag, may it mean to you. The blue of the sea, the evening sky. The mountain, lakes, and flowers nearby. The gold of the early sourdough's dreams. The precious gold of the hills and streams. The brilliant stars in the northern sky, the "Bear" the "Dipper," and shining high. The great North Star with its steady light, O'er land and sea, a beacon bright. Alaska's flag to Alaskans dear. The simple flag of the last frontier.
Willa Cather
- Jim Burden in the Pumpkin Patch
I was entirely happy. Perhaps we feel like that when we die and become a part of something entire, whether it is sun and air, or goodness and knowledge. At any rate, that is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great. When it comes to one, it comes as naturally as sleep.
Project Gutenberg
"The Gray Wolf's Daughter" by Gertrude Warden is a novel likely written in the late 19th century. The story unfolds in a tapestry of drama and intrigue, centering on the characters of Dr. Ernest Netherbridge, Lady Clare Cranstoun, and her husband, Sir Philip, as they navigate the tumultuous waters of personal conflicts, societal expectations, and hidden familial ties. The narrative examines themes of identity, love, and betrayal against the backdrop of Victorian society.
Sam Wise Gamji
- Good in this World
I know. It's all wrong. By rights we shouldn't even be here. But we are. It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened?
March 5
Sorry, I'm not interested. With a curious look, he pleasantly rejected me under the streetlights that cold concert night. I asked for his name, and he told the truth.
Apollo 11 Mission Transcript
- The Eagle has Landed
Drifting right. Contact light. Okay, engine stop. ACA out of detent. Modes control both auto, descent engine command override, off. Engine arm, off. 413 is in. Houston, Tranquility base here. The Eagle has landed.
Anonymous
- My Favorite Superhero
My favorite superhero is Tank Man. We don't know his back story. We don't know his fate. We don't know his real name. We just know him as Tank Man and remember his courage. Tiananmen Square, 1989.
camuscase
- On lexical tapestries
There is an inherent magic in the act of expanding one's vocabulary, whether intentional or unintentional. Your vocabulary can serve as a mnemonic as well as memetic record of your life experiences and of the people who have affected you deeply. To this day, I still remember when and where I learned the word 'melancholy' as if those memories are still fresh in my mind; I was a little boy in the fourth grade reading the novel 'Because of Winn-Dixie.'
Rifftrax dot com
- The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
Travolta plays Todd Lubitch, a boy who was born without any immunities and cannot venture outside his sterile environment, lest he slip on a banana peel and end up on America's Funniest Home Videos. He observes the girl next door's every move through his binoculars, and she responds how all females would in this situation: by finding this cute and falling in love with him.
Jackie Chan
American stuntmen are smart - they think about safety. When they do a jump in a car, they calculate everything: the speed, the distance. But in Hong Kong, we don't know how to count. Everything we do is a guess. If you've got the guts, you do it. All of my stuntmen have gotten hurt.
Penny Lane - Almost Famous
- Record Stores
Never take it seriously, if you never take it seriously, you never get hurt, if you never get hurt you always have fun, and if you ever get lonely just go to the record store and visit your friends. - Penny Lane.
Mad hatter
- Typing your own quote
It feels pretty weird to type your own quote. Also typing your own quote is the most difficult thing to do for some weird reason. Blah-blah. Please accept this quote.
