words–words–words:

Cathy was a liar, but she did not lie the way most children do. Hers was no day-dream lying, when the thing imagined is told and, to make it seem more real, told as real. That is just ordinary deviation from external reality. I think the difference between a lie and a story is that a story utilises the trappings and appearance of truth for the interest of the listener as well as of the teller. A story has in it neither gain nor loss. But a lie is a device for profit or escape. I suppose if that definition is strictly held to, then a writer of stories is a liar - if he is financially fortunate.

John Steinbeck, East of Eden.

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strawberrymilkshakeearrings:

strawberrymilkshakeearrings:

there a baby fox living under our deck and he literally looks like that “full of milk” drawing except somehow rounder

ROTUND

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lesbianrey:

idk maybe domestic abuse trials shouldn’t be treated as entertainment

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rabbits-of-negative-euphoria:

if you’re looking for great and diverse advice on how to write unfamiliar subject matter, google “what hollywood gets wrong about [topic]”

I’ve been doing this for years with everything from pregnancy to house fires to addiction to terminal illness. all your results will be from people who have actually been through it, and you’ll find that none of them have the exact same experience, but they all agree on one thing: the media gets it wrong

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