3
2012
Reblogged from lostinthesounds :
"Memories, even your most precious ones, fade surprisingly quickly. But I don’t go along with that. The memories I value most, I don’t ever see them fading."
(Source: lostinthesounds)
1
2012
14
2012
Reblogged from kindelling :
GRRM on his female characters:
- Facebook question for GRRM: What was your intent in providing such female characters of strength in a genre that typically reduces them to witches, wives, and whores?
- George R. R. Martin: To be fair, I have my share of witches, wives, and whores. But I try to make them fully fleshed out human witches, wives, and whores. It all goes back to what I said earlier about common humanity. It seems strange that I have to say this, as a sort of weirdly radical statement, but women are people and they are driven by the same desires that drive men, I think. A desire for respect and power, a desire to protect your children. Greed for money, for acclaim, everyone wants to be loved. It is all common humanity. I just try to write my female characters as I write my males characters. I do take into account it is a very patriarchal society. They are limited to certain roles, some of them fit comfortably within the roles their Westerosi society assigned them. And some of them cannot fit comfortably into those roles, and therefore encounter a certain amount of rejection, or tension, or ridicule as they try to pursue their own dreams or as they frustrate their own dreams. All this is great, all this is conflict, it is character tension, it is what story is all about, the human heart in conflict with itself once again. One of the things that pleases me to no end is that I have so many female readers. They do write me, all the time, that they do like my female characters, and I am very pleased with it.
14
2012
Reblogged from tess08 :
"We were frightened of being left alone for the rest of our lives. Only people of a certain disposition are frightened of being alone for the rest of their lives at the age of 26, and we were of that disposition."
10
2011
Between this and You’re A Horrible Person But I Like You, my recent metro reads have been quite giggle-inducing.
2
2011
currently reading and it is fantastic. recommended for those who enjoy tales of dysfunctional families and/or those who enjoy authors who love/loathe shakespeare.
12
2011
Reblogged from knotssetinstone :
"I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers."
27
2011
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2011
15
2011
just finished moneyball last night! excited to catch a screening this evening. the combination of baseball stats and chris pratt is almost too much for me.
7
2011
17
2011
This is an accurate portrayal of how A Storm of Swords makes me feel. I’ve been showing emotion. IN PUBLIC. This is for real, y’all.
9
2011
2
2011
Reblogged from iwdrm :
“Monday, we burn Miller … Tuesday, Tolstoy … Wednesday, Walt Whitman … Friday, Faulkner … and Saturday and Sunday, Schopenhauer and Sartre. We burn them to ashes and then burn the ashes. That’s our official motto.”
29
2011
Currently reading and it is blowing my mind. I’ve always loved Joni, Carly, and Carole but it’s amazing to read their life stories intertwined together. Plus its making me wish every night was karaoke night.
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