“I’m a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.”
-Antonio Gramsci
when someone tells me that theyre a math major because they love calculus but they hate proofs
i just
oh, honey…
thewickedlovely asked: Hello, any recommendations for good books?
I’ve loads, but you have to give me something to go on. Obviously you’re a John Green fan, but beyond that?
I’m assuming you’ll give me a direction to point you in, but if not:
Slammed by Colleen Hoover - shockingly good romance novel, as a Green fan I believe you’ll enjoy it
Anything by Kurt Vonnegut - Because everyone should read everything this man wrote(start with Slaughterhouse-five, Cat’s Cradle, or Sirens of Titan)
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman/Terry Pratchett - Absolute gem that I find funnier/more entertaining than Douglas Adams/Hitchhiker’s Guide. Can’t go wrong with anything Gaiman has written honestly
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card - Because the movie debuts later this year, and it’s one of the best Sci-fi novels ever written. If you haven’t already read it, please do
Feed by Mira Grant - because zombies. Also, because it’s an awesome literary statement on free-speech and government control and morality and stuff. Grant(aka Seanan Mcguire) makes viral biologists proud and the rest of us confused, but it’s awesome. She nails the reality of a post-zombie-war-world and ends up painting an eerily real portrait. PLUS bloggers!
Random books I’m too lazy to summarize but you should absolutely read: Ready Player One ; Mr. Penumbra’s 24-hour bookstore ; The Book Thief
At the risk of writing you a full novel myself, I’ll cut it here. I tried to give you a variety, but if nothing peaks your interest I apologize ahead of time
It’s pretty curious that the entirety of human interaction can be simplified to the process of interpreting, often incorrectly, what emotion someone else is feeling. Just so silly.
I used to love the ocean.
Everything about her.
Her coral reefs, her white caps, her roaring waves, the
rocks they lap, her pirate legends and mermaid tails,
Treasures lost and treasures held …
and ALL
Of her fish
In the sea.
Yes, I used to love the ocean,
Everything about her.
The way she would sing me to sleep as I lay in my bed
then wake me with a force
That I soon came to dread.
Her fables, her lies, her misleading eyes,
I’d drain her dry
If I cared enough to.
I used to love the ocean,
Everything about her.
Her coral reefs, her whitecaps, her roaring waves, the
rocks they lap, her pirate legends and mermaid tails,
treasures lost and treasures held.
and ALL
Of her fish
In the sea.
Well, if you’ve ever tried navigating your sailboat
through her stormy seas, you would realize that
her whitecaps are your enemies. If you’ve ever tried
swimming ashore when your leg gets a cramp and
you just had a huge meal of In-N-Out burgers that’s
weighing you down, and her roaring waves are
knocking the wind out of you, filling your lungs with
water as you flail your arms, trying to get someone’s
attention, but your friends
just
wave
back at you?
And if you’ve ever grown up with dreams in your head
about life, and how one of these days you would pirate
your own ship and have your own crew and that all of
the mermaids
would love
only
you?
Well, you would realize …
As I eventually realized …
That all the good things about her?
All the beautiful?
It’s not real.
It’s fake.
So you keep your ocean,
I’ll take the Lake.
He asked, ‘What makes a man a writer?’ ‘Well,’ I said, ‘it’s simple. You either get it down on paper, or jump off a bridge.’
—Charles Bukowski (via thatkindofwoman)
(Source: mynameiselly, via gollygeeapathy)
(Source: l-eonardo, via jpierrepontcriss)
4 symbols from The Great Gatsby
(Source: gatsbyful, via jpierrepontcriss)
“Einstein only slept three hours a year.”
“I became the sky.”
