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Patricia Highsmith
“Odd, Tom thought, that some girls meant sadness and death. Some girls looked like sunlight, creativity, joy, but they really meant death, and not even because the girls were enticing their victims, in fact one might blame the boys for being deceived by—nothing at all, simply imagination.”
Patricia Highsmith, The Boy Who Followed Ripley

Caitlin Doughty
“Death is the engine that keeps us running, giving us the motivation to achieve, learn, love, and create.”
Caitlin Doughty
tags: death

Maggie Nelson
“Misogyny, when expressed or explored by men, remains a timeless classic.”
Maggie Nelson, The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning

James Magnuson
“Sometimes writing a sentence can be harder than serving one.”
James Magnuson, Famous Writers I Have Known

Caitlin Doughty
“The earth is expertly designed to take back what it has created. Bodies left for carrion in enclosed, regulated spaces could be the answer to the environmental problems of burial and cremation. There is no limit to where our engagement with death can take us.”
Caitlin Doughty, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory

72791 Ask Joy Harjo — 35 members — last activity Jul 10, 2012 03:45PM
Join us on Tuesday, July 10, for a discussion with acclaimed author Joy Harjo. Joy will be discussing her work, including her most recent book Crazy B ...more
80083 Ask David Quammen - October 15, 2012 — 44 members — last activity Oct 16, 2012 09:17AM
Join us on Monday, October 15, 2012 for a special discussion with science writer, David Quammen. David will be discussing his work, including his most ...more
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