Too bad Annie Sullivan and Helen Keller aren't fiction. The spelling of the "w-a-t-e-r" scene would be perfect.
Damn it! You know what? I'm sick of this crap. I'm sick of being the guy who eats insects and gets the funny syphilis. As of this moment, it's over. I'm finished being everybody's butt monkey!
Xander ,'Lessons'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
javachik - Apr 25, 2012 5:33:40 am PDT #18530 of 28370
Our wings are not tired.
megan walker - Apr 25, 2012 5:41:23 am PDT #18531 of 28370
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
One day I will read Anne of Green Gables and A Little Princess. I love the Tom Sawyer idea. From what I know of his mum, she may too.
Amy - Apr 25, 2012 5:43:48 am PDT #18532 of 28370
Because books.
You've never read A Little Princess?! ::faints::
What about The Secret Garden?
megan walker - Apr 25, 2012 5:49:48 am PDT #18533 of 28370
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Amy - Apr 25, 2012 5:52:59 am PDT #18534 of 28370
Because books.
Oh, I read that post. And then forgot I did. Sorry!
I think I remember one of the books you have pictured there, Christina Katerina and The Box. If not, I remember something a lot like it.
megan walker - Apr 25, 2012 5:57:14 am PDT #18535 of 28370
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I think I remember one of the books you have pictured there, Christina Katerina and The Box. If not, I remember something a lot like it.
I still have that one. You know, if you ever come to visit.
Amy - Apr 25, 2012 6:01:56 am PDT #18536 of 28370
Because books.
I just found a blog post on it! And I DO remember it! And now I want it back desperately.
I'm also dying to get my hands on a copy of Jellybeans For Breakfast (same series of books, the Parents Magazine Press ones), but I can only ever find copies for over $100.
I will come visit! Soon(ish).
megan walker - Apr 25, 2012 6:08:06 am PDT #18537 of 28370
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I just found a blog post on it! And I DO remember it! And now I want it back desperately.
I remember Trudy's cries of delight back in NY when she realized I had it.
Hil R. - Apr 25, 2012 6:09:33 am PDT #18538 of 28370
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I like Secret Garden much better than Little Princess. Little Princess was OK, but the plucky tireless little girl who found a way to be happy in the midst of all problems could get old quickly. Mary Lennox from Secret Garden cried and threw tantrums and seemed much more like a real girl.
Kat - Apr 25, 2012 6:53:02 am PDT #18539 of 28370
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I would use poetry.
"Come live with me and be my love."
Or Andrew Marvell "If We Had But World Enough and Time"
Also, any scene with Iago in Othello.