“There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment.”
—Sarah Dessen (via girlwithoutwings)
May 2011
29 posts
“Writing a novel — actually picking the words and filling in paragraphs — is a tremendous pain in the ass. Now that TV’s so good and the Internet is an endless forest of distraction, it’s damn near impossible. That should be taken into account when ranking the all-time greats. Somebody like Charles Dickens, for example, who had nothing better to do except eat mutton and attend public hangings, should get very little credit.”
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Steve Hely, How I Became a Famous Novelist (via synecdoche)
Very true, I would have this next book written if Tumblr, PerezHilton, Facebook, Twitter, and a carnival of random internet blips weren’t so darn entertaining.
“Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.”
—Franz Kafka (via thesmileidontwant)
“Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet, and the winds long to play with your hair.”
—Khalil Gibran (VIA light-essence)
Goodbye to my Single Girl Life
Dear Single Girl Life,
We’ve had some good times haven’t we. Honestly we were best friends during college. We went out on weeknights and didn’t care how late it was. (Seize the day right!) We could just sleep when we were dead. I enjoyed the games involved with my Single Girl Life: flirting with boys, being loud and obnoxious, sharing gossip, and of course finding different make-up combinations on Friday nights while blasting Britney Spears.
We had some great times while I lived in that cramped little studio apartment. It was all about me and you. Me living the Single Girl Lifestyle. I was concentrated on myself- my schoolwork, my career, my life and how I wanted it to be. Not in a selfish way, but it a way that a single girl will think about her aspirations and goals and work toward them.
We had some vices though, me and my Single Girl Life. Number one was a tube of cookie dough and a sappy chick flick on a Friday night. That is probably what I will miss the most about my Single Girl Life, the spontaneity. On a Friday night if I felt like it I could go out, or I could blow everyone off and stay in. It was great and fun.
But we all knew it would come to an end one day. I didn’t think it would be this soon though. This year has brought so much change and I’m halfway jumping head first into the unknown future excited, but I’m also halfway dragging my feet trying to maintain my youth.
No one really wants to grow up- but we all do. I was so caught off guard by falling in love it was hard to stop and think- wow is this all happening to fast? But it was and now here I am. My last night living the Single Girl Lifestyle
Obviously I haven’t been single for a long time but tomorrow I’ll move out of my apartment and in with my boyfriend. No more nights of sitting around in my PJ’s watching girly shows and browsing Perez Hilton. No more junk food nights. Now I’ll be living with someone, cohabiting, coexisting. Working together on this next big step in our relationship.
I’ll miss you Single Girl Life. I’ll miss our crazy and wild times, but honestly I’m glad to be moving on. Moving to more exciting times and a whole new adventure. A new beginning in my relationship with the most amazing man I’ve ever met. A new day.
Goodbye Single Girl Life
“This I believe: That the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected.”
—John Steinbeck (via girlwithoutwings)
High School Reunion
So this weekend is my 5 year high school reunion. And unlike Romy and Michele I have no axe to grind with my graduating class. I actually loved high school. I went to small small all girls prep school buried in the woods of Princeton, NJ. It was amazing, I learned so much there and made such great friends. Had I been living in Philadelphia still I probably would have gone to my reunion. But being that I am over 1,000 miles away I am not attending.
I’m feeling slightly ambivalent about this choice. On one hand I miss my friends from high school and I want to be able to see them. But then again, the ones who I miss the most I talk with on a regular basis so maybe it isn’t the fact that I’m missing old friends.
Maybe it’s that I don’t feel successful. I have this idea in my mind that going to a reunion is a chance to show how much I’ve grown since high school- but considering the fact that my current job is unexciting and doesn’t even require the college degree I’m still paying off- it’s not that impressive.
In all reality I feel like the failure of my graduating class right now. I can’t even get the book that I wrote published. So honestly I’d rather spend my time looking toward the future then reminiscing all weekend over how great high school was. I have goals to accomplish.
I’m just hoping I’ll have at least one book published by my 10 year reunion.
“I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it”
—Rita Mae Brown
“That was the thing. You never got used to it, the idea of someone being gone. Just when you think it’s reconciled, accepted, someone points it out to you, and it just hits you all over again, that shocking.”
—Sarah Dessen (The Truth about Forever)
A Tribute to a Writer →
sarahdessen.com
So, as I often do, I find myself adding quotes to this blog that I like. Little pieces of wisdom that make me think about life and the world we live in.
Quite a few times I have used quotes by Sarah Dessen on this blog. After seeing her name so many times I finally got curious and decided to look up more information about her. Turns out she’s pretty awesome. Check out her website and hopefully you’ll love her quotes and thoughts and stories too.
“He thought for a second, then said, “I don’t know. Just because someone’s pretty doesn’t mean she’s decent. Or vice versa. I’m not into appearances. I like flaws, I think they make things interesting.”
—Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever (via quote-book)
“You never fail until you stop trying.”
—Albert Einstein (via kari-shma)
“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at the typewriter and bleed.”
—Ernest Hemingway
“The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.”
—John Pierpont (via littlemiss)
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“Artists must be sacrificed to their art. Like bees, they must give their lives to the sting they give.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (via salvadordalisgirlfriend)
“Food is our common ground, a universal experience.”
—James Beard (via underpaidgenius)
