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"How could I have thought that I needed to cure myself in order to fit into the 'real' world? I didn't need curing, and the world didn't, either; the only thing that did need curing was my understanding of my place in it..." -J. Franzen

"the most revolutionary act any of us can take part in is THINKING FOR OURSELVES." - Alia Michelle

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion. - Albert Camus

Great works are often born on a street corner or in a restaurant's revolving door. - Albert Camus

"‎The fictional characters in my books had allowed me to understand what was hard for me to understand (which, so far, had been nearly everything) … narrative imagination—and therefore fiction—was a basic evolutionary tool of survival." - Aleksandar Hemon

“The serious revolutionary, like the serious artist, can't afford to lead a sentimental or self-deceiving life.” ~Adrienne Rich

"The voice is a WILD thing...It can't be bred in captivity." - Willa Cather

‎"If madness were a virtue and silence was a crime / I could be myself around here..." - Nancy Boutilier

"All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware." - M. Buber

"People will always judge you, so give them something to talk about." - @dailyteen

‎"Nothing works out according to plan, but it always works out." - local motto in Chihuahua, Mexico, via Christopher McDougall

"Last year, I would wait for poetry to fall from the sky. As of late, I call it down. Or coax it." - Tina Nguyen

“After I write, I have nothing to say. The commentary afterwards is superfluous. I write. And that’s enough.” - Yasmina Reza

"I want the contingency of life, the unpredictability, the unknowability, the mysteriousness..." -David Shields

"We dream ourselves awake every minute of the day." -David Shields

"Attention equals life or is its only evidence." - F. O'Hara

"The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shockproof shit detector." - Hemingway

"You are one of the forces of nature." -Jules Michelet

via @ptarkkonen

A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter

New book ~

AUSTRALIA ADVENTURES - March 2011

Click on the Australian flag below to get the online album, then click "Slideshow" near upper left corner. Anyone can view -- no sign-in needed. Enjoy!

AUSTRALIA ADVENTURES - March 2011

3 - Peace Through Fiction - You Don't Mess with the Zohan

2 - Peace Through Fiction: The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid

1 - Peace Through Fiction Intro: Fight Club, True Blood & Lara Croft

3 - Peace Through Fiction - You Don't Mess with the Zohan

2 - Peace Through Fiction: The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid

Click here to read my essay, "Child molester, 1967, Wellesley."

1 - Peace Through Fiction Intro: Fight Club, True Blood & Lara Croft