Charles Bukowski

So I've done a couple of posts in this series, where I basically just include a whole bunch of quotes and extracts from poets/authors that I love. Bukowski is a German-American poet and author whose writing focuses a lot on the hardships of the poor, some quite dark topics, and also America and a whole bunch of other stuff. I recently got one of his last poetry collection books called 'The Pleasures of the Damned', and whilst I am still making my way through it, I am so inspired by his amazing writing and perspectives. So here are some quotes of his that I really like:

You can check out the other posts in this series here: 

* Jack Kerouac

* Ernest Hemingway

ERNEST HEMINGWAY

Near the end of last year, I had the idea to start a series of posts of quotes said by numerous great writers, poets or generally inspirational people. I am such a fan of quotes, but not the cheesy ones everyone knows, the ones that make you think, the ones that teach you something, that make me wonder about things I've never thought of before. Over the years, I've accumulated a Pinterest board full of quotes that I love, and every now and then when I'm in need of some hope, some inspiration or something to look forward to, in life in general, I'll have a little scroll through them...

I previously did a post on some of my favourite Jack Kerouac quotes, so for this next one, I thought I might turn to one of my all-time favourite author/poets, Ernest Hemingway. I am always so taken aback by the intensity within the simplicity of his writing, not to mention his interesting and different quotes, here are some of my favourite quotes and poems of his: 

** EDIT: (I was reading this back some years later, this is 2018 Caity, and realised at this stage I didn't realise that the e.h. in the last few quotes is actually Erin Hanson, not Hemingway. The positivity and rhyme of them should have given this away to me, but anyway, she is equally as wonderful, and I left them in because they're some of my favourite little poems.) 

You can check out the other posts in this series by clicking the links below! 

Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac

I hope one day I can say that my life was even half as crazy, adventurous, inspiring and truly refreshing as his. Some words of wisdom by this gem of an inspiration. 

The Fault In Our Stars

Recently, I read the most amazing book called 'The Fault in Our Stars' by a really great author called John Green. I was given the book for christmas after saying that I wanted to read it for quite some time. I had heard nothing but good things about the book, and so many people recommended it to me, so I decided that it was time I read it too.

 It was just so genuine and heart-warming and also very uncliched which I really liked. The basic idea of the story it about a 16 year old girl called Hazel who has very serious lung Cancer and is battling it and I guess you could say, slowly dying. It is very very sad in that way because it deals with the idea of Cancer which is such a true reality, and so at parts it was incredibly sad. But basically she meets this super charming guy called Gus (who has been in remission for a year or two) who kind of changes everything for her, and the book is a story of her life, their relationship, that type of thing. But it is just written in such a way that is so original. When I started the book I was thinking that it would basically just be a story about Hazel dying, but whether or not she dies (I',m not giving any spoliers), its not about that and in the last 100 pages I was literally left shocked from so many unexpected little twists that make the story.



So please read it! I am a terrible reader, I read so slowly and I don't handle very difficult books well, but this is actually an easy read despite its great plot, and I could never put it down. I made it one of my new year's resolutions to read more, so this was my first book for the year, and I just loved it!
I have also just bought a book by John Green again called Looking for Alaska, because I loved his writing so much and I've heard it's a great book. So if I enjoy it as much as this one, maybe I'll post on that too.

Also, the movie is coming out in June, so that's something to look forward to too. 

Words of Wisdom

So beautiful quotes I found on WE HEART IT over the past few weeks.

Hope you enjoyed those, I certainly love reading them!