January 2012
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14 Literary Settings Inspired by Real Places
1. Growing up in the midwest means a field trip to Hannibal, Missouri, to see Mark Twain’s old haunting grounds—it was the highlight of my sixth-grade year. Twain has said there was no better place for a boy to grow up than Hannibal and was thus inspired to use many of the area’s landmarks in his writing, especially The...
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Goodness is uneventful. It does not flash, it glows.
– David Grayson (via lachihuahua)
December 2011
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She had always suffered from a vague restlessness, a longing for adventure that...
– THE BLUE SWORD, ROBIN MCKINLEY. (via thebookthieves)
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I interrupt your posts with Sebastian riding Nyan...
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