Nobody achieves anything great because they are happy and cozy. It’s about being a warrior. It doesn’t matter about the cause necessarily-this is your path and you will pursue it with excellence. You face your fear because your goal demands it. That is the goddamn warrior spirit. I think that the free soloing mentality is pretty close to warrior culture, where you give something 100% focus because your life depends on it.
Free Solo (Jimmy Chin & Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi)
me? letting an entire fic play out in my head from beginning to end and not writing a single thing down, thus forever sealing it in my brain as a self-indulgent relic that will never see the light of day??
it’s exactly as likely as you think
Everyone’s favorite ensemble drama as an iconic Mulaney Meme
“How do we forgive ourselves for all of the things we did not become?” - Doc Luben, 14 Lines from Love Letters or Suicide Notes
Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch (via books-n-quotes)
Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch (via commonplace-nook)
lifehack: when you see a Take One candy bowl in a restaurant, wait until noones looking and shovel candy into your pockets. god may judge you but his sins outnumber your own
“God may judge you but his sins outnumber your own.” We really need to start collecting and sourcing these Potent Quotables.
I’ve been doing this for years
It’s all on a google doc of mine (x)
General:
Introductions:
Body Paragraphs:
Topic Sentences:
Conclusions:
Thesis Statements:
Citing:
Argumentative Essays:
Writing About Poetry:
Expository Essays:
Research Papers:
College Application Essays:
Narrative Essays:
I thought I’d reblog this since the school year is starting for many of you.
people disappoint, food is eternal
Mary Oliver, from House of Light; “The Kingfisher” (via seaymphea)
- my english professor
I think about this quote all the time and I feel like it explains a lot of things about human behavior
