June 2012
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“Happiness schmappiness.I think the pursuit of it, and our focus on it, is...”
– Psychologist Dan Gottlieb. (via nprfreshair)
This! This is what I’ve been saying for years!
May 2012
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“He who works with his hands is a laborer.
He who works with his hands and his...”
– St. Francis of Assisi (via godobe)
April 2012
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Sarah Hepola writes about the complicated... →
In the process, she almost succeeds in making me want to move back as well.
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“The matter is quite simple. The Bible is very easy to understand. But we...”
– Søren Kierkegaard. (via shortbreadsh)
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“If you think The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a pro-slavery novel,...”
– John Green
I took semiotics back at Brown University in the... →
From “The Second Shelf,” by Meg Wolitzer in The New York Times. Click on the text to go read the whole thing.
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“Ninjas and pirates are like the Sunnis and Shias of hypothetical reality.”
– John Green
March 2012
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Read an excerpt of my (almost finished) novel, The... →
Published by the good folks at Intellectual Refuge.
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February 2012
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January 2012
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“You get your intuition back when you make space for it, when you stop the...”
– Anne Lamott
December 2011
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November 2011
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October 2011
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“Here is something I found to be true: you don’t start processing death until you...”
– Donald Miller, Through Painted Deserts
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September 2011
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August 2011
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“Well there was depression, anxiety, horrible stomach problems, horrible back...”
– Adam Haslett, in response to the question: “Can you recall early challenges you faced, writerly or otherwise?”
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celebrate?
It’s been told to me that writing is one of my gifts. Yet despite this, I still spend a lot of time wondering if it’s a worthy pursuit of my time. And then last night, I heard someone talking about gifts and how gifts are something that should be celebrated. Celebrated, and therefore probably not ruminated over or doubted, but exercised.
Aww, crap.
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“Civil disturbances like these begin as a genuine reaction to injustice, from a...”
– Maria Bustillos, “Los Angeles, April 29 - May 4, 1992”
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July 2011
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“If while wandering around the inside of an art museum I come across a door...”
– John Shore, via Rob Bell
A nice analogy for someone struggling with anxiety.
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June 2011
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Writing tips from Cory Doctorow
Write every day. Anything you do every day gets easier. If you’re insanely busy, make the amount that you write every day small (100 words? 250 words?) but do it every day.
Write even when the mood isn’t right. You can’t tell if what you’re writing is good or bad while you’re writing it.
Write when the book sucks and it isn’t going anywhere. Just keep writing. It doesn’t suck. Your conscious...
“In all the setbacks of your life as a believer, God is plotting for your joy.”
– John Piper
