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persephonediary · 2 years

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I'm in love with you, and I'm not in the business of denying myself the simple pleasure of saying true things. I'm in love with you, and I know that love is just a shout into the void, and that oblivion is inevitable, and that we're all doomed and that there will come a day when all our labor has been returned to dust, and I know the sun will swallow the only earth we'll ever have, and I am in love with you.

—John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

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the-cricket-chirps · 7 months

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Robert Mapplethorpe

William S. Burroughs

1982

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classicbooks101 · 2 months

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Proximity to death brings with it a corresponding proximity to life.

The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien

#the things they carried #tim obrien #quotes #book quotes #read this #literature #classic literature #classic novels #classic quotes #classic books #war books #war novels #american writers #life quotes #life and death

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thatstudyblrontea · 7 months

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Edith Wharton (January 24, 1862, New York – August 11, 1937, Paris)

#I love this portrait of her so much #Edith Wharton #american literature #english literature #the age of innocence #ethan frome #women artists #women authors #women writers #american writers #american authors #vintage photography

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mujhe-kya-me-to-insaan-hu · 6 months

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"Tell me every terrible thing you did,

and let me love you anyway."

-Edgar Allan Poe-

#edgar allan poe #quotes #original #beautiful words #spilled thoughts #spilled ink #poetic words #aesthetic #words #alone with my thoughts #poetry #poetsandwriters #american writers

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oldgloryarchives · 3 months

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On this day in history, American writer Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, MA on January 19, 1809.

#edgar allan poe #on this day #historical #american writers #vintagebooks

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mailmiocuoredipietratremaancora · 11 months

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Il vecchio e il mare, E. Hemingway, 1952

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byronicist · 1 year

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"isn't it time / when the fires are too many / to eat the fire and not the cake / and drip the fires from my teeth / as once I had my hot hot youth?"

Paul Goodman, Birthday (1951)

#quotes #literature #lit #poetry #spilled ink #modern literature #50s literature #50s poetry #american poetry #american literature #american writers #american authors #american poets #paul goodman #birthday poetry #birthday poems #age poetry #age poems

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assistantsecretlife · 10 months

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[…] Che differenza c'è fra ciò che non sarà mai e ciò che non è mai stato?

La strada, Corman McCarthy (1933 - 2023)

#la strada #cormac mccarthy #The Road #domande #american writers #american literature

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gone2soon-rip · 10 months

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CORMAC MCCARTHY (1933-Died June 13th 2023,at 89).American writer who authored twelve novels, two plays, five screenplays, and three short stories, spanning the Western and postapocalyptic genres. He was known for his graphic depictions of violence and his unique writing style, recognizable by a sparse use of punctuation and attribution. McCarthy is widely regarded as one of the greatest American novelists.McCarthy was born in Providence, Rhode Island, although he was raised primarily in Tennessee. In 1951, he enrolled in the University of Tennessee, but dropped out to join the U.S. Air Force. His debut novel, The Orchard Keeper, was published in 1965. Awarded literary grants, McCarthy was able to travel to southern Europe, where he wrote his second novel, Outer Dark (1968). Suttree (1979), like his other early novels, received generally positive reviews, but was not a commercial success. A MacArthur Fellowship enabled him to travel to the American Southwest, where he researched and wrote his fifth novel, Blood Meridian (1985). Although it initially garnered a lukewarm critical and commercial reception, it has since been regarded as his magnum opus, with some labeling it the Great American Novel.McCarthy first experienced widespread success with All the Pretty Horses (1992), for which he received both the National Book Award,and the National Book Critics Circle Award. It was followed by The Crossing (1994) and Cities of the Plain (1998), completing the Border Trilogy. His 2005 novel No Country for Old Men received mixed reviews. His 2006 novel The Road won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction.Many of McCarthy's works have been adapted into film. The 2007 film adaptation of No Country for Old Men was a critical and commercial success, winning four Academy Awards, including Best Picture. The films All the Pretty Horses, The Road, and Child of God were also adapted from his works of the same names, and Outer Dark was turned into a 15-minute short. McCarthy had a play adapted into a 2011 film, The Sunset Limited. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cormac_McCarthy

#Cormac McCarthy #American Novelists #American Writers #Novelists #Writers #No Country For Old Men #The Road #Blood Meridian #Notable Deaths in 2023 #Notable Deaths in June 2023 #American Classics

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littleflowerfaith · 2 years

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