The Fictional Suicidal Girls I Loved, But Had To Let Go

“There was something familiar about wanting to haunt a story rather than tell it.” Justine Zwiebel / BuzzFeed There exists a photo of me as a teenager kneeling on my friend's living room floor wearing a white nightgown, holding a kitchen knife with the sharp end halfway in my mouth. A coral bra is visible under the nightgown and I look into the camera trying to be both provocative...

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43 Of The Most Romantic Lines From Literature

“My affections and wishes are unchanged, but one word from you will silence me on this subject for ever.” —Jane Austen, Pride & Prejudice. Suggested by susiem424348d09. Frau Böb (buuusyyyy) / Flickr: frauboeb 2. "He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking."—Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina. Suggested...

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16 Hilarious One-Star Reviews Of Children's Books

“Dr. Seuss was an evil genius, bent on traumatising children.”One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss "It is like this book was written for a baby or something. Anybody looking for enlightened literature should look elsewhere." (source) Random House / Via amazon.com Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown "The description included a pair of bunny slippers which it...

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19 Times "The Boxcar Children" Covers Summed Up Why You Hate Kids

For when they make you wish they were orphans.When people won't stop uploading pictures of their damn kids to Facebook. Albert Whitman & Company When you have to hang their "artwork" on your fridge. Albert Whitman & Company When they sneak upstairs to investigate the "noises" in your bedroom. Albert Whitman & Company When they touch filthy animals in public like...

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15 Inspiring Quotes By Writers We Lost In 2014

“I have failed at many things, but I have never been afraid.”Maya Angelou (1928 – 2014) American poet, author, and essayist. Her works include seven autobiographies and the poem And Still I Rise.Olivier Douliery / Abaca Press / MCT Gabriel García Márquez (1927 – 2014) Colombian author and Nobel Prize winner, his works include Love in the Time of Cholera and One Hundred Years...

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