Best Quote of the Week ~ [12/29/13]

          "Human beings can withstand a week without water, two weeks without food, many years of homelessness, but not loneliness. It is the worst of all tortures, the worst of all sufferings."

~A Quote from Pablo Coelho's Eleven Minutes

Best Quote of the Week ~ [12/22/13]

The Course of Empire: The Savage State by Thomas Cole (1836)

          "West, West! Whitherward point hope and prophet-fingers, whitherward at sunset kneel all worshipers of fire, whitherward in mid-ocean the great whales turn to die, whitherward face all the Moslem dead in Persia, whitherward lie Heaven and Hell!"

~A Passage from Herman Melville's Mardi: And Voyage Thither

Best Quote of the Week ~ [5/12/13]

Isolation by Geri Johnstone

          "I'm writing this letter at an outdoor cafe on a side street in Rome, sipping espresso as thick as the devil's sweat, and I have this strange feeling that I'm not myself anymore. It's hard to put into words, but I guess it's like I was fast asleep, and somebody came, disassembled me, and hurriedly put me back together again....My eyes tell me I'm the same old me, but something's different from usual. Not that I can clearly recall what 'usual' was."

~Sumire (from Haruki Murakami's Sputnik Sweetheart; [Never read the book, so I don't know the chapter or page number])

Best Quote of the Week ~ [3/10/13]

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          "If you can't control yourself, something else will."

~Knowledge (from Miles From Nowhere by Nami Mun Chapter 1: Shelter, page 18)

I've Been Published...

          Sort of. Castella In Theory: The Worst Of Derek Russell (We Always But We Never) has been turn into a printed book thanks to the brilliant guys and gals over at Blurb.com! Blurb allows people to publish myriad types of books from photo books to novel and more with various options on paper, covers, sizes, and the like. A really great site for up-in-coming writers or oldhands. Blurb.com allow content creators to keep full rights to their works as well! Found here and here. And you can also sell your book in their bookstore and earn profit off it! It's free to join and add stuff so give it a try!

          That said you purchase a physical copy of Castella In Theory: The Worst Of Derek Russell (We Always But We Never) here for only $8.45 (softcover). The Worst of Derek Russell is a character drama about high school delinquent Derek Russell trying to manage through the all the boredom and problems of his life through music, drugs, and sarcasms. The story is divided into to two parts, with the first half opting for a dialog/monologue-only style and the second half in a more traditional style.

Buy: Castella In Theory: The Worst Of Derek Russell

• 52 page
• 6x9 inches (15x23 cm)
• Softcover Price: $8.45
• Hardcover, Dust Jacket Price: $22.45
• Hardcover, ImageWrap Price: $23.45
• Warning: Crude/Explicit Language and Drug Use

P.S.: You can still download a the pdf version of the story from my blog here or find the other Castella In Theory stories archived here.

UPDATE 1 (11/23/12): My book came today! In retrospect, I should've moved the title to the center of cover or used the above picture. Just a horrible use of space right there, well, next time. I've added pics below.

Best Quote of the Week ~ [10/28/12]

Norwegian Wood: Another fantastic book by Haruki Murakami

          "Letters are just pieces of paper," I said. "Burn them, and what stays in your heart will stay; keep them, and what vanishes will vanish."

~Toru Watanabe (from Haruki Murakami's Norwegian Wood; Chapter 11, page 292)

Best Quote of the Week ~ [7/29/12]

          "It’s a disease. Nobody thinks or feels or cares any more; nobody gets excited or believes in anything except their own comfortable little goddamn mediocrity."

~Frank Wheeler from Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates

Best Quote of the Week ~ [5/27/12]

          "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.' We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."

~Marianne Williamson from A Return to Love (Chapter 7, Section 3)

Best Quote of the Week ~ [5/6/12]

          "Wait a minute. Have a little faith in human nature."

~Hans Holderman from Daughters of the Revolution By Carolyn Cooke (Chapter 10: EV in New York, page 111)

My Top Ten Best Quotes from my 2011 Best Quotes of the Weeks

Awesome photo whoever made it. Thank You!

          Hey everyone! Happy New Year’s! I’ve decided to do my Top Ten Best Quotes from my 2011 Best Quotes of the Weeks. This is my biggest feature of the site (I did a little over 40 posts for this this year) so why not. I love quotes! If you’re reading this then you, too, love quotes! Without further ado, here are my Top Ten Best Quotes 2011! My Grand list is after the jump.
[Disclaimer: Quotes may or may not have been spoken in 2011 but were put on the site in 2011]

I've Returned




From under a cloud of curious smoke, with piercing black eyes and a nonchalant smirk, HE returns.



          Yo, anyone who actually visits. I’ll returned from the bowels of the otherworld to update this blog. Really, my school load just lightened up some. Anyway, I have a few updates for the today.

          First. After two years and a month, Tokyopop has finally release Full Metal Panic! Ending Day by Day! And like promised it is in fact the complete arc, encompassing volume 4 and 5. It’s huge and I am very happy to have my copy. If you like Full Metal Panic! or military hijinks and action comedy pick it up now.  

Ending Day By Day!

                                          Finally! The wait is over!