December 2011
2 posts
The Penguin Press: LITERARY GENRE TRANSLATIONS →
thepenguinpress:
BY CIROCCO DUNLAP
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Original Text
“I ate a sandwich and looked out the window.”
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Sci-Fi
“I placed the allotted nutrition capsules on my tongue bed and looked to the Nahin VI-8373 space podhole.”
Fantasy
“My dragon, Ralfarus, and I, Genflowfla’ii, choked down…
“I grabbed my book and opened it up. I wanted to smell it. Heck, I wanted to kiss...”
– Sherman Alexie, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (via bookoasis)
ufos over new york city.
thedustdancestoo:
the world is motionless,
quiet,
holding its breath.
eyes looking up, mesmerized
by brilliant lights suspended
over skyscrapers.
the whole world
was looking up,
but i,
i was looking at you.
November 2011
5 posts
“There are a hundred things she has tried to chase away the things she won’t...”
– Neil Gaiman (via little-harmonica)
August 2011
4 posts
“Unless it’s mad, passionate, extraordinary love, it’s a waste of your time....”
– Dream for an Insomniac (via roscoe-)
July 2011
20 posts
“Water is something you cannot hold. Like men. I have tried.”
– Anne Carson, The Anthropology of Water (via aperfectcommotion)
downstream: Those Of Us Who Think We Know, by... →
enjio:
Those of us who think we know the same secrets are silent together most of the time, for us there is eloquence in desire, and for a while when in love and exhausted it’s enough to nod like shy horses and come together in a quiet ceremony of tongues it’s in disappointment we look for…
June 2011
6 posts
“I think and think and think. I’ve thought myself out of happiness one million...”
– Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (via booksandbrews)
April 2011
1 post
February 2011
1 post
November 2009
1 post
“Penelope Stamp: [drunk] I think you’re constipated.
Bloom: Constipated?...”
– The Brothers Bloom, 2008
July 2009
7 posts
“Bridget: [voiceover] Resolution number one: obviously, will lose twenty pounds....”
– Bridget Jones’ Diary, 2001
“Daniel Cleaver: Now these are very silly little boots, Jones. And this is a very...”
– Bridget Jones’ Diary, 2001
Bridget Jones
I don’t think you’re an idiot at all. I mean, there are elements of the ridiculous about you. Your mother’s pretty interesting. And you really are an appallingly bad public speaker. And, um, you tend to let whatever’s in your head come out of your mouth without much consideration of the consequences… But the thing is, um, what I’m trying to say, very...
seriously. get a blog.
so i’m leaving my condo today, and i run into this woman - this single mom - who lives upstairs. she’s in the doorway. it’s unavoidable. she asks me how i’m enjoying my summer, and i’m like, “oh, it’s good, thanks…” and of course, i return the question out of courtesy.
so she launches into this story about how she’s just returning from...
June 2009
8 posts
