January 2011
12 posts
“I never know what I think about something until I read what I’ve written on it.”
– William Faulkner (via recycled-words)
Rare (lost) Words →
tristifical - causing to be sad or mournful. eternitarian - one who believes in the eternity of the soul. cosmogyral - whirling round the universe. siagonology - study of jaw-bones. autexousious - exercising or possessing free will. nepheliad - cloud-nymph. gardeviance -chest for valuables; a travelling trunk. ictuate - to emphasize. senticous - prickly; thorny. interfation - act of interrupting...
inkmouse: What most people seem to think of as... →
inkmouse:
What most people seem to think of as loneliness strikes me more as a state of ennui, of not living, of being outside, not of the crowd but of the stageplay of life. Then there is missing someone very much, that feels close to Lonely, but at least one has the company of thoughts of the other, the…
A Writer's Ruminations: Virginia Woolf's New... →
awritersruminations:
January 2, 1931: Here are my resolutions for the next 3 months; the next lap of the year. To have none. Not to be tied. To be free & kindly with myself, not goading it to parties: to sit rather privately reading in the studio. To make a good job of The Waves. To stop irritation by the…