“It's for us that the University exists, for the dispossessed of the world; not for the students, not for the selfless pursuit of knowledge, not for any of the reasons that you hear. We give out the reasons, and we let a few of the ordinary ones in, those that would do in the world;… Continue reading quotes: from Stoner, John Williams
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quote: i want to taste and glory in each day
"I want to taste and glory in each day, and never be afraid to experience pain." — Sylvia Plath [x]
quote: no he is not tactful
“No, he is not tactful, yet have you ever noticed that there are people who do things which are most indelicate, and yet, at the same time, beautiful?” ― E.M. Forster, A Room with a View [x]
quote: dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before
"Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before." —Edgar Allen Poe [x]
quote: something so amiable
"There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is sorry to see them give way to the reception of more general opinions." —Jane Austen [x]
quote: let them think you were born that way
"It’s none of their business that you have to learn to write. Let them think you were born that way." —Ernest Hemingway [x]
quote: i sometimes have a queer feeling with regard to you
“It is a long way to Ireland, Janet, and I am sorry to send my little friend on such weary travels: but if I can't do better, how is it to be helped? Are you anything akin to me, do you think, Jane?" I could risk no sort of answer by this time: my heart… Continue reading quote: i sometimes have a queer feeling with regard to you
quote: nelly, i am heathcliff
“I cannot express it; but surely you and everybody have a notion that there is or should be an existence of yours beyond you. What were the use of my creation, if I were entirely contained here? My great miseries in this world have been Heathcliff's miseries, and I watched and felt each from the… Continue reading quote: nelly, i am heathcliff
quote: i am made of literature
“I have no literary interests; I am made of literature. I am nothing else and cannot be anything else.” ― Franz Kafka [quote from goodreads]
quote: i want to write something new
“I want to write something new - something extraordinary and beautiful and simple and intricately patterned. As usual, F. Scott Fitzgerald” [quote from goodreads]
the last pavilion 