Arlaina Tibensky Quotes

Every time I read a book, especially one that grabs my gus, there is another translucent layer added to what makes me, me.

Books and movies, they are not mere entertainment. They sustain me and help me cope with my real life.

Her entire existence is trying to figure out what her life is supposed to be while her heart breaks a little bit everyday over the tragedy of being alive.

This is the thing about great literature. It reads like truth and sticks to you forever and lets you know that you are not alone.

I didn't know that you could love and hate your parents totally separately and equally. But you can. And I do.

Karina, life can overwhelm you. The trick is to put your head down and just get on with it.

Reading makes me feel like I've lived a thousand lives in addition to my own.

Getting all emotionally wrapped up in made-up people's lives gives me a chance to take a break from my own life [ ... ].

Computers are quiet and clean and totally distracting because the Internet is there, lying in wait for a moment of weakness to pounce on your creativity and progress.

Sylvia Plath is there for me when actual living people upon who I have depended upon my whole life, are not. What I mean to say is, without her words, I'd be exponentially more messed up than I am already.

Existing is not quite enough. Passionate living is the best revenge.

Like when people (my parents) ask what I'm going to study in college and I say, "English." They say, "Oh. So you want to be a teacher?" And I want to cover my eyes and mouth with duct tape and pretend to be dead and done with it. No, you simpletons. I want to travel and write and live in a big city, and do cool things with my brain. This is not to disparage the fine and noble art of educating in any way. My English teachers have made me who I am today and I love them with a passion that surprises me. I just don't want to be one.