“October Country … that country where it is always turning late in the year. That country where the hills are fog and the rivers are mist; where noons go quickly, dusks and twilights linger, and mid-nights stay. That country composed in the main of cellars, sub-cellars, coal-bins, closets, attics, and pantries faced away from the sun. That country whose people are autumn people, thinking only autumn thoughts. Whose people passing at night on the empty walks sound like rain.”
- Ray Bradbury, The October Country.
Category: words
“A girl lost in the woods is a different sort of creature than a girl who walks purposefully through…”
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- Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea.
A girl lost in the woods is a different sort of creature than a girl who walks purposefully through the trees even though she does not know her way.
This girl in the woods is not lost. She is exploring.
This girl is not scared. She is not unnerved by the darkness of the clawing shadows case by the trees in the late-afternoon sun. She is not bothered by the thorns and branches that tug at her clothes and scratch at her skin.
She is young enough to carry fear with her without letting it into her heart. Without being scared. She wears her fear lightly, like a veil, aware that there are dangers but letting the crackling awareness hover around her. It does not sink in, it buzzes in excitement like a swarm of invisible bees.
”- Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea.
“A girl lost in the woods is a different sort of creature than a girl who walks purposefully through…”
“
- Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea.
A girl lost in the woods is a different sort of creature than a girl who walks purposefully through the trees even though she does not know her way.
This girl in the woods is not lost. She is exploring.
This girl is not scared. She is not unnerved by the darkness of the clawing shadows case by the trees in the late-afternoon sun. She is not bothered by the thorns and branches that tug at her clothes and scratch at her skin.
She is young enough to carry fear with her without letting it into her heart. Without being scared. She wears her fear lightly, like a veil, aware that there are dangers but letting the crackling awareness hover around her. It does not sink in, it buzzes in excitement like a swarm of invisible bees.
”- Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea.
“Life had its seasons, and the season of letting go would always come, but there was something very…”
“Life had its seasons, and the season of letting go would always come, but there was something very beautiful in that, in the letting go. Leaves were always graceful as they floated away from the tree.”
- Benjamin Alire Sáenz, The Inexplicable Logic of My Life.
- Benjamin Alire Sáenz, The Inexplicable Logic of My Life.
“A boy at the beginning of a story has no way of knowing that the story has begun.”
“A boy at the beginning of a story has no way of knowing that the story has begun.”
- Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea.
- Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea.
“Things don’t have purposes, as if the universe were a machine, where every part has a useful…”
“Things don’t have purposes, as if the universe were a machine, where every part has a useful function. What’s the function of a galaxy? I don’t know if our life has a purpose and I don’t see that it matters. What does matter is that we’re a part. Like a thread in a cloth or a grass-blade in a field. It is and we are. What we do is like wind blowing on the grass. […] We’re in the world, not against it. […] The world is, no matter how we think it ought to be. You have to be with it. You have to let it be.”
- Ursula Le Guin, The Lathe of Heaven.
- Ursula Le Guin, The Lathe of Heaven.
“Major or minor, if something keeps you human when pressure makes you feel like a volcano, hold on to…”
“Major or minor, if something keeps you human when pressure makes you feel like a volcano, hold on to that thing by whatever means necessary.”
- Talia Hibbert, Take a Hint, Dani Brown.
- Talia Hibbert, Take a Hint, Dani Brown.
“When is the right time for anything? Who knows? Living is an art, not a science.”
“When is the right time for anything? Who knows? Living is an art, not a science.”
- Benjamin Alire Sáenz, The Inexplicable Logic of My Life.
- Benjamin Alire Sáenz, The Inexplicable Logic of My Life.
“The dream is as real as life, for the dreamer.”
“The dream is as real as life, for the dreamer.”
- Zoe Gilbert, Folk.
- Zoe Gilbert, Folk.
teashoesandhair: Hey, you know what’s a really fucking good Welsh word? Llongyfarchiadau. It…
Hey, you know what’s a really fucking good Welsh word? Llongyfarchiadau. It means ‘congratulations’ and it’s simply excellent because:
- Starts with a ’Ll’ so it’s spicy from the get-go
- Ends with a diphthong so you can sing it with real gusto
- Quite long, as far as words go, so it takes up a lot of space in a card if you don’t know what else to write
Thank you, this has been a PSA