Famous First and Last Lines

It was a wrong number that started it, the telephone ringing three times in the dead of night, and the voice on the other end asking for someone he was not.

 

Paul Auster Born: Feb 03, 1947 (age 68)

In college he supported himself with freelance jobs and wrote articles for university magazines.

Published in 1985

This book is a New York Trilogy and a crime fiction, in the book its events are about a detective writer who ends up being in a detective story himself. It has a lot of plot twists especially when the writer wakes up from his own dream. It’s about a guy who lives part of his life in the past and he changes his name to forget about his past.

 

I think I would like to read this book because it sounds a lot like Inception. I also like mystery crime stories that have twists to them, it also could be like Shutter Island where he doesn’t realize who he truly is until the end.

The knife came down missing him by inches and he took off.


Joseph Heller: Born May 1 1923
He earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree from New York University in 1949.


Published in 1961


This book is about a guy in the military, the guy is sick and the doctors don't believe him so they make him stay.


I don't think I would read this because I don't like books/ movies about war.

Quotes

“No self-respecting woman dresses for men”.

 – Larissa (The Carrie Diaries)

“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.”

-    -    Freidrich Nietzsche

“You can ask the universe for all the signs you want, but ultimately, we see what we want to see when were ready to see it.”

 – How I Met Your Mother         

                                                                                                                                         

Maya Angelou Questions

1.  I think what she is trying to say is that the caged bird sings of freedom and being far away from where it is. It sings of everything it wants in that moment and hopes of its dreams to come true. I think it means that everyone should have freedom and rights and not be caged in. I understand the idea, the poetic form of it makes it go deeper than what the words really are. It makes you think about what the bird has gone through, and why it feels caged in.

3. I think words have a lot of power and with anything you do people will judge you. If you say the wrong thing to someone you are giving them that power of what to do with it. I feel like if you leave things alone and don’t say anything it can fix some problems, but others need to be talked out. It is also just a theory about what power you can give to things, if you are the kind of person that believes in karma you may believe one way than a person who just doesn’t care. If you feed people power it just makes things worse so the best way is to just know that things are going to get better and move on.

5. I don’t think I could go without talking for five years, because nowadays I have a lot more responsibility than I did when I was her age. But yeah if I was her age I totally could because sometimes I use silence as a way of solving problems or just so I won’t be bothered. Sometimes people get it and other times it makes people go crazy and hate me or become super annoyed with me. I think I talk a fair amount like I don’t do it all the time, but when I do it’s meaningful. I don’t know talking hasn’t ever been my strong point, I like being silent instead. I could probably learn who people truly are if I talked less which usually happens and then I get super annoyed with them or I realize they are a good person and I should talk more to them. By speaking more I could probably learn how to make my conversations better and how to make it seem interested in a person.

8. There is a difference between truth and fact it is like believing and seeing. You can believe something is the truth and just assume or actually see it and talk to the person yourself and get the facts. I feel like a lot of people nowadays just assume and it makes things worse than if they just confronted someone. The truth of something you heard can just be made up but nothing is really factual until you do research or go to the source.

9. When I need to get something done I will pick my split ends, go on Instagram, Tumblr, etc... I like getting things done my own way and I don’t have too many specific set rules for myself. But I also feel like procrastination came help you think about things or give your brain time to think about what is going on and maybe it can help you from going crazy.

 

 

I know why...

I know why the caged bird sings

It sings to find its own voice

To prove what it can accomplish

To get away from all the talking

To show its talents

It sings in hope of finding happiness

To understand what it is capable of

So others will admire its talents

To make its own way in this cruel world

To be free from all the doubt

If I were in charge of the world

If I were in charge of the world


I'd cancel narrow mindedness


Dairy products


Sexism and also


The corrupt school system


 


If I were in charge of the world


there'd be organic food


free college and


room for opportunity


 


If I were in charge of the world


You wouldn't have lonely


You wouldn't have starving


You wouldn't have angry


You wouldn't have "you're stupid"


You wouldn't even have to worry






If I were in charge of the world


Fazoli's and chocolate would be a vegetable


All people would have jobs


And a person who sometimes forgot to forgive


And sometimes forgot to love


Would still be allowed to be


In charge of the world.

 

Not a real love story

I dream about boy butts, and so does my friend so I don’t feel so weird about it. Actually it isn't that weird it is rather normal but of course society has to make human body parts “awkward” and “gross” to talk about. Who cares though this is a new world especially if you are relating it to the world a hundred years ago when showing an ankle was unacceptable. But anyways it’s not anyone’s in particular so don’t get too worked up. As I’m passing in the hallways I see my friend and she tells me she has a boyfriend, well not a real boyfriend just someone to talk to that she met at this skating rink the other day. They “slow skated” to a love song and the romance blossomed from there. I think about how it must be to slow skate with a guy, that fake love moment you guys have when your eyes meet and it’s just you and that person. I think about it until the end of the day, until I am just about to get into my car and BAM there he is, his car parked next to mine. I can feel his eyes bearing into my black and white striped shirt. He says “Hey I didn't know you parked here.” (I park there every single flipping day), is what I wanted to say but instead it was more like “Only on Tuesdays.” Which was me being sarcastic and happily he caught that and laughed. What could that possibly mean, is he somehow now interested in me? And If so then why, like I am cute but still why. When I got in my car to leave, he let me go first probably so he could judge my driving skills and see if I was a possible candidate for a girlfriend. I notice whenever I am driving that he is following me, or we just go the same direction to get home. I think about what it would be like to be with him, to hold his hand. Then I snap out of it and realize that what I am doing is bad karma, and I hate myself for five seconds. That night I went to bed over analyzing the whole situation, what could this whole day possibly mean, and I dream about boy butts.

Solving problems

What causes dreams? Well I have a few personal opinions, and one of them is that you can somewhat control what you are going to dream about. I say this because sometimes right before bed, I will think of something that I want to happen, later on I will end up dreaming about it and it will be ten times better than what I first thought of. I think our imagination really takes off while we are dreaming and it’s a way to kind of exercise that part of our brains.

           

            I also think that dreams come out of our fears, because some nights I will be thinking about something that bothers me or something that I am afraid of and then I will sometimes dream about it. Having dreams about fears can also be a good thing because you can conquer it in your mind and maybe find a solution on how you can conquer that fear. These types of dreams can also help you to solve your own problems.

            One night I was thinking about how I was angry at a person  and I was trying to find out different ways to solve that issue. None of my solutions were really that good and I remember having a dream that I was screaming at that person and crying and it felt so real, I remember waking up out of breath and really confused. But anyways I didn't end up screaming at that person to solve the problem, I just chose silence which is what I usually go for.