February 2012
31 posts
M.T. Anderson: On the Intelligence of Teens →
thestrangestofplaces:
M.T. Anderson, my latest YA writer inspiration. I love this especially:
It sometimes strikes me that there is only one taboo left in young adult literature. By and large, no one complains any more when we write about drugs or sex. We can write about masturbation; terminal illness; the horrors of war; illegal organ transplants; matricide; the chilly delights of necrophilia;...
“To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to...”
– ~E.E Cummings (via theimpossiblecool)
“A crowd of critics, of compilers, of commentators, darkened the face of...”
– The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire
January 2012
59 posts
MURK AVENUE: I FOUND ICE CUBES 'GOOD DAY' →
murkavenue:
CLUE 1: “went to short dogs house, they was watching Yo MTV RAPS” Yo MTV RAPS first aired: Aug 6th 1988 CLUE 2: Ice Cubes single “today was a good day” released on: Feb 23 1993 CLUE 3: ”The Lakers beat the Super Sonics” Dates between Yo MTV Raps air date AUGUST 6 1988 and the release…
Your free YA novel idea for the day:
An emo teenager is killed and finds himself in the ultimate friendzone: an afterlife haunting the best friend he had an unrequited love for, watching helplessly as she falls in love with other boys and doing what little he can to protect her. Title: CARDIGAN ANGEL
“Elegance doesn’t mean being noticed, it means being remembered.”
– Giorgio Armani (via nostalgiedelaboue)
Ann Druyan, on her husband Carl Sagan:
The tragedy was that we knew we would never see each other again. I don’t ever expect to be reunited with Carl. But, the great thing is that when we were together, for nearly twenty years, we lived with a vivid appreciation of how brief and precious life is. We never trivialized the meaning of death by pretending it was anything other than a final parting.
Every single moment that we...
