Anonymous asked:
what should i do before i come to yale. do i really have to read harry potter or anything stupid like that

Just have a kickass summer doing whatever you love. See your friends, get nostalgic. Do, however, make note that calling Harry Potter stupid at Yale will make a lot of people very angry. 





Show, you slay me.

Call me maybe?

Bring it, summer.

I read somewhere that radio waves just keep traveling outwards, flying into the universe with eternal vibrations. Sometime before I die I think I’ll find a microphone and climb to the top of a radio tower. I’ll take a deep breath and close my eyes because it will start to rain right when I reach the top. Hello, I’ll say to outer space, this is my card.
Marina Keegan, in a Yale Daily News column (“Song for the special”) published September 9, 2011. R.I.P.

(Source: yaledailynews.com)


Advice? I don’t have advice. Stop aspiring and start writing. If you’re writing, you’re a writer. Write like you’re a goddamn death row inmate and the governor is out of the country and there’s no chance for a pardon. Write like you’re clinging to the edge of a cliff, white knuckles, on your last breath, and you’ve got just one last thing to say, like you’re a bird flying over us and you can see everything, and please, for God’s sake, tell us something that will save us from ourselves. Take a deep breath and tell us your deepest, darkest secret, so we can wipe our brow and know that we’re not alone. Write like you have a message from the king. Or don’t. Who knows, maybe you’re one of the lucky ones who doesn’t have to.
Alan Watt (via newspringrain)

(Source: blog.gaiam.com)



We are the theater. You are the people, dressed up to be seated, looking upwards and dreaming. We’re the projectors. We’re hosting a screening. We’re dust in the spotlight. We’re just kind of floating.
“Slapped Actress,” The Hold Steady

My tummy is happy, my heart is happy, my wallet is safe. I felt the feels, I loved the people. Good night, folks. 





Come summertime, we’re all the same age here.
“The Tension and the Terror,” Straylight Run