November 2011
“I knew that if I looked at him I would start crying and never stop.”
– My Last Summer - Kerem Mermutlu
Short Story Number Six Hundred and Forty Three
Today my bones are talking to me again and they are telling me to hurry up and do something amazing. I’m trying but it’s hard, I tell them. And then they tell me to stop complaining and to just believe in myself for once. To forget about what all those idiots at school say about me and what my family thinks about me. My bones tell me this is my one stupid chance to do something amazing...
Short Story Number Six Hundred and Forty Two
You say you are scared of doing anything new, that you’re like a bunch of fireworks that doesn’t want to leave the ground. I know what you mean. All I really want to do is go somewhere and not think about the future for a while. I guess it would be nice to stop worrying and just concentrate on all the good things that could happen. You think too much and I think too much, and I guess...
“I guess there are never enough books.”
– John Steinbeck, as cited in A John Steinbeck Encyclopedia (via bookoasis)
Short Story Number Six Hundred and Forty One
I don’t really know how it happened, but everything seems pretty clear now. I have to basically figure out what I want to do and then just go and do it. You told me how I could do anything if I really really tried. If I just stopped over thinking everything. And so I’m going to ignore everyone that says I’m useless and just go and create something. I’ll try and create...
Short Story Number Six Hundred and Forty
Before I met you, it felt like I had been asleep all my life. My bones had been lazy and stupid and my hands could never stop shaking and my brain was full of nothing. And I’m not sure if everything will work out, I’m so young and stupid, but I’m trying not to worry about that. All I know is that today things are pretty perfect. They’re like new clothes in winter, all warm...
“I guess that’s the beauty of books. When they finish they don’t really finish.”
– Markus Zusak (via dazlious)
