Crying is the new Fucking.

This is a reference to any person who, because of constant and severe domestic violence usually involving physical abuse by a partner, becomes depressed and unable to take any independent action that would allow him or her to escape the abuse.

The former now occurs where the latter is regularly placed.Sufferers have low ( Read more... )

She did not take her eyes from the wheels of the approaching second carriage ( Read more... )

Humbert is a well-educated, multilingual, literary-minded European émigré. He fancies himself a great artist, but lacks the curiosity that Nabokov considers essential. Humbert tells the story of a Lolita that he creates in his mind because he is unable and unwilling to actually listen to the girl and accept her on her own terms. In the words of ( Read more... )

They were in the habit of taking things for granted ( Read more... )

I spent a nearly sleepless night last night thinking (or possibly dreaming) about all the things I’ve lost this past year ( Read more... )

Septimus, a veteran of World War I, suffers from shell shock and is lost within his own mind.

He feels guilty even as he despises himself for being made numb by the war ( Read more... )

If this is giving up then I’m giving up on love.

Cuz love doesn’t hurt so I know I’m not falling in love I’m just falling to pieces.

Edna Pontellier is a respectable woman of the late 1800s who not only acknowledges her sexual desires, but also has the strength and courage to act on them Breaking through the role appointed to her by society, she discovers her own identity independent of her husband and children. Many of Kate Chopin’s other stories feature passionate, ( Read more... )

Because Jewel speaks very few words of his own throughout the novel, he is defined by his actions, as filtered through the eyes of other characters.

Jewel’s uncommunicative nature creates a great distance between him and us, and a great deal of room exists for debating the meaning of Jewel’s actions. Darl’s frequent descriptions of Jewel as “ ( Read more... )

The oldest of the Compson children, Quentin feels an inordinate burden of responsibility to live up to the family’s past greatness and prestige ( Read more... )