Isn't it pretty?

nickmiller: wakethetrees: A Case of You, Joni Mitchell “If...

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:55:27 -0700

wakethetrees:

A Case of You, Joni Mitchell

“If you want me, I’ll be in the bar” —Joni Mitchell

Reading: It is the hope that kills

Mon, 20 May 2013 20:45:45 -0700

Source: Isn’t It Pretty To Think So by Nick Miller

“See, I’m the worst breed of human. Let me explain. Some people are dead inside. They go through life knowing this, and they manage fine enough, because, well, they are dead inside. They aren’t bitter because they don’t care enough to be. They just try to get by with the things they can control. Others living the in fucking clouds, watch romantic comedies, and dream about everything being perfect one. THese people are always fine because they have an everlasting well of hope inside them, and no mater what happens they’ll just romanticized their existence. But when it comes to me … I am someone who’s mostly dead inside but still has a little hope for something extraordinary, which, as I said, is the worst breed of human, because it means that I know everything is bullshit, but that I secretly hope for the day when it might not be. The tension makes me wish I were just completely dead inside. It would make things much easier for me. See that? Anyway, then I met you ,or read your writing rather, and now I feel connected to someone for the first time in … forever. So , please, if you can’t write for yourself, write for me.”

That was really intense. I need to do something brainless now.

nickmiller: Wet cobblestones after a light rain. Crosby Street...

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:20:43 -0700

nickmiller:

Wet cobblestones after a light rain. Crosby Street in NYC.

"It was May, a time of lilacs and shooting stars. She’s lived in my memory for sixty years. Death..."

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:29:10 -0700

“It was May, a time of lilacs and shooting stars.
She’s lived in my memory for sixty years.
Death steals everything except our stories.”

- Jim Harrison (via nickmiller)

nickmiller: Hotel life. Crosby Street in New York.

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:18:34 -0700

nickmiller:

Hotel life. Crosby Street in New York.

defenderofdust: “Isn’t It Pretty To Think So” by Nick Miller

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:20:52 -0700

defenderofdust:

“Isn’t It Pretty To Think So” by Nick Miller

defenderofdust: “Isn’t It Pretty To Think So” by Nick Miller

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:20:45 -0700

defenderofdust:

“Isn’t It Pretty To Think So” by Nick Miller

nickmiller: I’m starting to believe—and I can feel it in my gut, my soul, and my heart—that …...

Thu, 16 May 2013 17:11:41 -0700

nickmiller:

I’m starting to believe—and I can feel it in my gut, my soul, and my heart—that … elephants have it all figured out.

nickmiller: In Julie & Julia, Julie attempts to cook all...

Thu, 16 May 2013 17:10:23 -0700

nickmiller:

In Julie & Julia, Julie attempts to cook all the recipes in Julia Child’s cookbook. Stanley Tucci plays Julia Child’s husband. Stanley Tucci, in real life, has published his own cookbook. Now I’m going to try to cook all of the recipes in his cookbook. Life imitating art imitating life imitating art imitating life. Nick & Stanley … coming soon?

nickmiller: Beer for me. The white wineness for you. Wedding...

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:45:04 -0700

nickmiller:

Beer for me. The white wineness for you. Wedding season is … in season. (at Paso Robles)

"Writing is a lonely job. Having someone who believes in you makes a lot of difference. They don’t..."

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:44:48 -0700

“Writing is a lonely job. Having someone who believes in you makes a lot of difference. They don’t have to make speeches. Just believing is usually enough.”

- Stephen King, On Writing (via nickmiller)

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Tue, 14 May 2013 10:15:41 -0700

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Tue, 14 May 2013 10:15:23 -0700

Isn't It Pretty To Think So: 939-940

Mon, 13 May 2013 10:42:03 -0700

theereasoniholdon:

“‘Isn’t it pretty to think so?’ What does this mean? Something is pretty to think?”
“Well, that was just his way of saying that their love could never work, even though they both wanted it to.”
“Why?”
“Well, it’s hard to know the first time you read it that…well- he was wounded in the war in such a way that he couldn’t love her as she wanted him to. She was also built in such a way that prevented her from giving him the love he wanted.”
“But they love each other, no? Jake, you think they love each other, yes?”
“Yes, I do.”
“I do not like this. It is so sad. They must stay together.”
“I think so, too, but he’s saying it sometimes doesn’t work out the way we hope it will.”

"The Internet versions of people are accomplished. They went to universities. They speak multiple..."

Sat, 11 May 2013 15:33:17 -0700

“

The Internet versions of people are accomplished. They went to universities. They speak multiple languages. They’ve visited South America and India. They like art, films, music and books. They’re interested in cooking and traveling and reading and playing sports and hiking and photography. They make things. They have fancy job titles. They’re happy! You want proof? Don’t you notice the photo-timeline of smiles and laughs and sunsets and beaches?

Proof makes us believe. And what better proof than enhanced proof? Doctored proof? Real is boring. Real is never good enough. So what do we do about it? We become the documentarians of our own lives.

”

- Isn’t It Pretty to Think So
by Nick Miller (via mardallie)

notgregkalai: so incredibly well said @_nickmiller

Fri, 10 May 2013 12:37:27 -0700

notgregkalai:

so incredibly well said @_nickmiller

clyreo: finally. #nickmiller #isntitprettytothinkso

Thu, 09 May 2013 21:57:34 -0700

clyreo:

finally. #nickmiller #isntitprettytothinkso

"I think I was forty before I realized that almost every writer of fiction and poetry who has ever..."

Thu, 09 May 2013 18:35:31 -0700

“I think I was forty before I realized that almost every writer of fiction and poetry who has ever published a line has been accused by someone of wasting his or her God-given talent. If you write (or paint or dance or sculpt or sing, I suppose) someone will try to make you feel lousy about it.”

- Stephen King, On Writing (via nickmiller)

"The trick is to get it before it breaks. And then to nurture it … to protect it with everything you..."

Thu, 09 May 2013 18:35:10 -0700

“The trick is to get it before it breaks. And then to nurture it … to protect it with everything you have. Because once it’s broken, it’ll never be the same. And that’s when compromises are made. That’s when people start to give up. But no one really realizes how important it is to keep it pure until after it’s broken. That’s why all these middle-aged married couples sit next to each other on the couch and stare at the TV. They are numb. They don’t care anymore. They can’t get hurt anymore, but they also can’t love anymore. It’s too sad for me to think about.”

- (via nickmiller)

w-nchesters: Look what came in today! I’m really excited to...

Thu, 09 May 2013 13:29:58 -0700

w-nchesters:

Look what came in today!
I’m really excited to (finally) read it and then put it on my staff picks and sell it to ALL the people!