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"rereading because 1. I need some whimsy in my life and 2. THEY'RE MAKING A CLAYMATION MOVIE AHHHHH IM SO EXCITED" — May 27, 2026 01:01PM
"rereading because 1. I need some whimsy in my life and 2. THEY'RE MAKING A CLAYMATION MOVIE AHHHHH IM SO EXCITED" — May 27, 2026 01:01PM
He made her more . . . herself. Or at least the herself she wished she could be.
“Eucatastrophe, in Tolkien’s words, is “the good catastrophe, the sudden joyous ‘turn.’ ” In mine, it’s the moment in a story where, when it seems like all is lost, that things are going to be awful forever, that the only possible endings are full of misery and despair, something good happens.”
― An Academic Affair
― An Academic Affair
“Outrage is conditioned not by the nature of the atrocity but by the affiliation of the victim and the perpetrator. Should the state be accorded more leniency because, legally speaking, it has a monopoly on the legitimate use of force? Or, conversely, should we hold soldiers and cops to a higher standard than paramilitaries?”
― Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
― Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
“You make me want to live, Rowan. Not survive; not exist. Live.”
― Queen of Shadows
― Queen of Shadows
“There was a famous narrative theorist named Paul Ricœur who distinguished between "clock time" and "human time." Clock time was measured in seconds, minutes, hours, days: the things we think of as the basic building blocks of time. Human time, though, was measured in events: the basic building blocks of story - and thus, because humans love nothing more than to narrativize their own experiences, of our lives.”
― An Academic Affair
― An Academic Affair
“Why do I have to tell a story?” I asked.
“Because if you don’t tell the story, someone else will tell it for you.”
― The Inheritance Games
“Because if you don’t tell the story, someone else will tell it for you.”
― The Inheritance Games
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