life
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George Whitman, the enigmatic extraordinary figure who once threw away his daughter’s attempt to modernize his paper world. The owner of what we now know of as Shakespeare and Company, having handed his business over to his daughter Sylvia, once had stumbled upon a truly horrifying discovery inside his bookshop. The cash register – oh,…
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there is no reason for such things, although sometimes i blame myself, which constantly circles me back to my perfectly empty nature. my head wearieв and fells to think of it. ‘why are you so mean?’ – he asks, as though to mean ‘you are very full of pain,’ or sadness, something worse without any…
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when i was 17, i was determined to become a writer. i had the scenery in mind, i had the language, the almighty talent, and the loud applause coming from my friends at the time. i was absolutely convinced that by the time i turn 21, i will weigh no less than Alain de Botton,…
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we have to make a habit of being tourists in our relationships. to go out and hang out with our significant others in the living room, a friend or your mom, and just pretend like you’ve met this person for the first time. try and notice their facial muscles, hand gestures, tone of voice, way…
