I Am Jack's Complete Lack of Surprise

I'm 24 and still have so much to learn.

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Everyone thinks writers must know more about the inside of the human head, but that’s wrong. They know less, that’s why they write. Trying to find out what everyone else takes for granted.

Margaret Atwood (via writingquotes)

[strawberrysaturn]

This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences are fine. But several together become monotonous. Listen to what is happening. The writing is getting boring. The sound of it drones. It’s like a stuck record. The ear demands some variety. Now listen. I vary the sentence length, and I create music. Music. The writing sings. It has a pleasant rhythm, a lilt, a harmony. I use short sentences. And I use sentences of medium length. And sometimes, when I am certain the reader is rested, I will engage him with a sentence of considerable length, a sentence that burns with energy and builds with all the impetus of a crescendo, the roll of the drums, the crash of the cymbals—sounds that say listen to this, it is important.

Gary Provost (via strawberrysaturn)

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Shakespeare and Company Bookstore (Left Bank) (Photo by cafemokka)

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Henry Miller on growing old, the perils of success, and how to be young at heart

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Evolution of literary struggles.

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Happy Birthday, Haruki Murakami, born 12 January 1949

On Writing: Haruki Murakami

[thegirlwhocrieswolf]

She waited for the train to pass. Then she said, “I sometimes think that people’s hearts are like deep wells. Nobody knows what’s at the bottom. All you can do is imagine by what comes floating to the surface every once in a while.”

Haruki Murakami  (via langleav)

[observando]

And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.

Haruki Murakami (via observando)

Murakami quotes all morning.

[thelovewhisperer]

There are some things about myself I can’t explain to anyone. There are some things I don’t understand at all. I can’t tell what I think about things or what I’m after. I don’t know what my strengths are or what I’m supposed to do about them. But if I start thinking about these things in too much detail the whole thing gets scary. And if I get scared I can only think about myself. I become really self-centered, and without meaning to, I hurt people. So I’m not such a wonderful human being. — Haruki Murakami

Daily Tumblr Love Quotes (via thelovewhisperer)

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[melodyofdiction]

He struggled with himself, too. I saw it — I heard it. I saw the inconceivable mystery of a soul that knew no restraint, no faith, and no fear, yet struggling blindly with itself.

Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness (via melodyofdiction)

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snoop dogg enjoys a nice refreshing popsicle on a hot summer day

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Heartmelt.

[thesleepingbear]

Is it possible, finally, for one human being to achieve perfect understanding of another? We can invest enormous time and energy in serious efforts to know another person, but in the end, how close are we able to come to that person’s essence? We convince ourselves that we know the other person well, but do we really know anything important about anyone?

-Haruki Murakami  (via thesleepingbear)