'im
not afraid to compete. its just the opposite, dont you see that? im
afraid i will compete- that's what scares me... just because im so
horribly conditioned to accept everybody else's values, and just
because i like applause and people to rave about me, doesnt make it
right. im sick of it. im sick of not having the courage to be an
absolute nobody. im sick of myself and everyone else that wants to make
some kind of splash.'
-Franny & Zooey
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aeria-liko = 'air of innocence' (mayan)
i believe in the beauty of language. in the modern times we live in, very rarely a book comes along that makes your heart expode with emotion and imagery. my whole purpose to writing is coming to that point. i am stubborn, but when it comes to suggestions, i will take them into account. sometimes i have a burst of inspiration that could last anywhere from a day to a month, and never come back until a year later. my stories take more than a year to finish sadly. with prodding, however, i might decide to bent to your will :)
my goal in writing: to make you think.
authors: Kafka, JD Salinger, Poe, Issa, Aurlieus, Herman Hesse, De Cassuade, Dostoevsky, Stephan King (im sorry, but Shawsank Redemption is amazing), Murakami, Turgenev, Gogol, Nabokov (Invitation to a Beheading-
if you are starting out with russian authors, this is the book to begin
by far) classic russian horror writers, anything russian at all, as
well as japanese, etc, etc...
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