Reblogged from wonderfulambiguity
“If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”
― E.B. White, 1976
Photo by Jill Krementz, A History of Women Photographers
(Source: m3zzaluna)
Mieko Kawakami (川上未映子), a singer and author from Osaka, was awarded Japan’s Akutagawa prize in 2008 for her second novel Chichi to Ran (乳と卵, Breasts and Egg).
Mieko Kawakami: From blogger to global novelist CS Monitor 2008
Reblogged from journalofanobody
Anton Chekhov (Jan. 29, 1860 - 1904) :Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other...
(Source: i12bent)