I am haunted by humans.

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Sometimes, I think the only art left for us is slowly peeling the label off a beer bottle while somebody tells you about a dream they had.
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1. People will promise to never leave you. They will. It’s okay to be sad when they do. 2. It is always okay to cry. Always. Find a bathroom, bury your face in your pillow, and let it out. Cry in the shower. Cry in the car. Cry when you need to. 3. Boys will flirt with you for a while and then ignore you. Then, they will flirt with you some more. It will be confusing. You have every right to stop putting up with it. 4. Pay attention to what people say when they’re angry. When you make up and they tell you they didn’t mean any of it, know that they did. Also know that they wish they didn’t. Forgive them. 5. Never pretend to be someone you’re not. If you don’t like tea and classic novels, don’t act like you do to impress people. If you don’t want to wear leather jackets and combat boots, don’t wear them to please someone else. 6. People will be mean to you; they will spread lies, call you names, and talk about you behind your back. Eventually you will realize that it is petty and stupid and not worth your time. You’ll be right. Move on with your life. 7. Your friends will not always be there for you. When you really need to talk, they will sometimes not want to hear it. That’s okay. Take a deep breath and remember all the times you felt the same way. Exhale. 8. You will wait and wait and wait for your first kiss and your first date and your first relationship. The anticipation will kill you. You will keep trying to find the right person in everyone you meet. Relax. There’s no rush. The best things happen unplanned. 9. Enjoy being young. Love that everything is spontaneous. As you get older, things become more and more scheduled out. Embrace the fact that you aren’t there yet. 10. Tell people how you feel. It will be terrifying in some cases and gratifying in others. It will create relationships and ruin them. But speak your mind, even if your voice shakes, because your thoughts may never otherwise be heard. 11. Sleep. If you go to bed late, sleep in. If you’re still tired when you wake up, go back to bed. If you can’t stay awake during the day, take a nap. Sleeping is a foolproof way of getting rid of your problems for a little while. Utilize it. 12. Talk to people. Talk to your sister about the guy she likes. Talk to your mom about her childhood. Talk to your dad about his favorite books. Talk to your grandparents about their families. Talk to your friends, talk to your pets, talk to the cute waitress at the restaurant. Learn things from them. Be inspired. 13. Always bring a sweater. Even if you think it won’t be cold. 14. Try new things. Eat a new food, try a new kind of juice, switch up the way you dress. You never know what you might end up loving. Life can get boring. Mix it up a bit. 15. Take care of yourself. Wash your hair with that good smelling soap you love. Eat fruits and vegetables. Drink lots of water. Go for long walks in pretty parks. 16. School is important. Try your hardest. If you don’t get something, ask for help. Do your homework. Show your teachers that you’re willing to work hard, and when it comes time to apply to colleges, you’ll be glad you did. 17. There will always be someone prettier, smarter, funnier, or more popular than you. The beauty of it is that it isn’t a competition.

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John Green Shares 18 of his favorite Novels That Were Not Bestsellers, But that You Should Read:

1. This Bloody Mary is the Last Thing I Own by Jonathan Rendall

2. One of Us by Alice Dreger

3. Round Ireland with a Fridge by Tony Hawks

4. The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green by Joshua Braff

5. Thirsty by MT Anderson

6. Boy Proof by Cecil Castellucci

7. Fly on the Wall by E Lockhart

8. The Untelling by Tayari Jones

9. The Golden Rule by Ilene Cooper

10. Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson

11. The Enormous Room by E. E. Cummings

12. Regarding the Pain of Others by Susan Sontag

13. Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather

14. This Blinding Absence of Light by Tahar Ben Jelloun

15. Kendra by Coe Booth

16. The Optimist’s Daughter by Eudora Welty

17. Will You Miss Me When I’m Gone: The Carter Family and their Legacy in American Music by Mark Zwonitzer

18. The Last Summer of Reason by Tahar Djaout

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F. Scott Fitzgerald Creates a List of 22 Essential Books, 1936

In 1936 — perhaps the darkest year of his life — F. Scott Fitzgerald was convalescing in a hotel in Asheville, North Carolina, when he offered his nurse a list of 22 books he thought were essential reading. The list, above, is written in the nurse’s hand.

Fitzgerald had moved into Asheville’s Grove Park Inn that April after transferring his wife Zelda, a psychiatric patient, to nearby Highland Hospital. It was the same month that Esquire published his essay “The Crack Up”, in which he confessed to a growing awareness that

“my life had been a drawing on resources that I did not possess, that I had been mortgaging myself physically and spiritually up to the hilt.”

Fitzgerald’s financial and drinking problems had reached a critical stage. That summer he fractured his shoulder while diving into the hotel swimming pool, and sometime later, according to Michael Cody at the University of South Carolina’s Fitzgerald Web site, “he fired a revolver in a suicide threat, after which the hotel refused to let him stay without a nurse. He was attended thereafter by Dorothy Richardson, whose chief duties were to provide him company and try to keep him from drinking too much. In typical Fitzgerald fashion, he developed a friendship with Miss Richardson and attempted to educate her by providing her with a reading list.”

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it’d be cool to speak like 20 different languages & keep it a secret from everyone & then during a time of crisis, u could speak some fluent russian to some russian guy holding a gun to your head & all your friends will be like daaamn

that’s the stuff my best dreams are made out of

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BOOK OF THE DAY:

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray explores the power of beauty and art found within the human soul. As Wilde’s only novel, it caused a scandal when published. Wilde admitted to the story’s conflicting message by confessing  that there is “a terrible moral in Dorian Gray.” The book’s gothic and horror nature lend itself to the perversion of beauty in the most unique and alluring execution by Dorian Gray. 

Dorian Gray is a stylish, wealthy young man who becomes the subject of a painting by Basil Hallward. Impressed by Dorian’s beauty, Basil is immediately infatuated and deems Dorian’s physicality as a new style of art. Lord Henry, Basil’s friend is introduced to Dorian; he becomes the propelling factor in the ignition of Dorian’s vanity and amoral beliefs. Lord Henry concludes that life is only worth living if beauty and the indulgence of the senses are met to their maximum. 

As expected, Dorian realizes the truth that beauty is temporary; it will decrease with age. In a desperation of vanity, Dorian declares his wish for selling his soul to assure that Basil’s portrait of him would age rather than himself. This evil-rooted desire leads to a life full of sin and corruption by Dorian. Dorian commences a life based on Lord Henry’s word and a mysterious yellow book given by Lord Henry. No act is too elegant, sordid, wicked or good for Dorian; he is the most primitive hedonist in his world. He sternly declares:

"Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault. Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope. They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only Beauty. There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all."

Although Dorian has discarded his humanity, Basil’s portrait of Dorian is the sole reflection of his soul. By the end of novel the portrait is revealed to him; his soul is brutally hideous. This enrages Dorian into an unspeakable act. 

The power of art is the fiercest theme in the novel. Wilde intelligently presents the act of living as an art form too; everything one does is accessible and defined by the senses. The individualist essence of sacrificing anything or anyone for one’s indulgence, leads to one’s downfall. This is Wilde’s greatest moral in The Picture of Dorian Gray. There is no doubt that the subjects of superficiality and beauty are heavily weighed on the reader. 

Read excerpts from the novel here! Get the book here!

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