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… we’re under the spell of those who love us — I mean those who really really love us — and we wind up floating off the ground, like balloons, though no one sees, the only ones who see are those who love us, those who really really love us, and they rise up on tiptoe, give a little hop, just a bounce, and grab hold of our legs, which at this point
... See morewatching bored teenage jerk-offs hack apart someone you used to love. Even if she was dead. He wasn’t without empathy, but he was still young, and the pain of other people embarrassed him.
Chuck Palahniuk • Make Something Up
There have been hundreds of jacket designs for Nabokov’s novel over the years, in fact so many that an entire book has been dedicated to them: Lolita – The Story of a Cover Girl. As the book’s Introduction says, ‘If there ever were a book whose covers have so reliably gotten it wrong, it is Lolita.’ Lolita herself has continually been misinterprete
... See moreLouise Willder • Blurb Your Enthusiasm: A Cracking Compendium of Book Blurbs, Writing Tips, Literary Folklore and Publishing Secrets
perturbation,
Gabriel Garcia Marquez • One Hundred Years of Solitude
mirages
Vladimir Nabokov • Selected Poems
dissolute,”
Andre Aciman • Call Me By Your Name
butterfly eyelash,
Vladimir Nabokov • Selected Poems
princelings;