February 2011
15 posts
“All of us take pride and pleasure in the fact that we are unique, but I’m...”
– David Sedaris (Holidays on Ice)
“Every day we’re told that we live in the greatest country on earth. And...”
– David Sedaris
“Every gathering has its moment. As an adult, I distract myself by trying to...”
– David Sedaris (Naked)
“Speed eliminates all doubt. Am I smart enough? Will people like me? Do I really...”
– David Sedaris
“On my fifth trip to France I limited myself to the words and phrases that people...”
– David Sedaris (Me Talk Pretty One Day)
“If I could believe in myself, why not give other improbabilities the benefit of...”
– David Sedaris (Me Talk Pretty One Day)
“I’d hoped the language might come on its own, the way it comes to babies,...”
– David Sedaris
“May I bring you a drink to go with those warm nuts, Mr. Sedaris?” this...”
– David Sedaris (When You Are Engulfed in Flames)
“This left me alone to solve the coffee problem - a sort of catch-22, as in order...”
– David Sedaris (When You Are Engulfed in Flames)
“And when Hugh would grow progressively Gandhi on me, I’d remind him that...”
– David Sedaris (When You Are Engulfed in Flames)
“For as long as I can remember, my father saved. He saves money, he saves...”
– David Sedaris (Me Talk Pretty One Day)
“In order to get the things I want, it helps me to pretend I’m a figure in a...”
– David Sedaris (Me Talk Pretty One Day)
“Amy adored both the new look and the new person it allowed her to be. Following...”
– David Sedaris (Me Talk Pretty One Day)
“What’s the trick to remembering that a sandwich is masculine? What...”
– David Sedaris (Me Talk Pretty One Day)
“A week after my drugs ran out, I left my bed to perform at the college, deciding...”
– David Sedaris
August 2010
13 posts
“Its funny how certain objects convey a message — my washer and dryer, for...”
– David Sedaris (When You Are Engulfed In Flames)
“It is funny the things that run through your mind when you’re sitting in...”
– David Sedaris (When You Are Engulfed in Flames)
“There is still the outside world to contend with. A world of backfiring cars,...”
– David Sedaris
“What was your favorite book tour audience?
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, because it...”
– David Sedaris [[interviewed by steven blum]] (via stephhton)
“For as long as I can remember, my father has saved. He saves money, he saves...”
– From ‘Me Talk Pretty One Day’ by David Sedaris.
Seriously good stuff.:D
(via amplifyingamusement)
nine stories.: David Sedaris: Keeping up. →
Most of Hugh’s and my travel arguments have to do with pace. I’m a fast walker, but he has longer legs and likes to maintain a good twenty-foot lead. To the casual observer, he would appear to be running from me, darting around corners, intentionally trying to lose himself. When asked about my…
“Mr. Mancini had a singular talent for making me uncomfortable. He forced me to...”
– David Sedaris (Me Talk Pretty One Day)
“My first semester I had only nine students. Hoping they might view me as...”
– David Sedaris (Me Talk Pretty One Day) (via misskittycait)
“One doesn’t want to be too much of a cultural chauvinist, but this seemed...”
– David Sedaris (via xiomaraaa)
“The italian nanny was attempting to answer the teachers latest question when the...”
– David Sedaris (via allisonefrankphoto)
“They were Jesuits,” she told me. “That means they believe in God but...”
– David Sedaris
“It’s a pretty grim world when I can’t even feel superior to a toddler.”
– David Sedaris (via sonhoedesrazao)
July 2010
31 posts
“So,” he says, “I found this brown-colored something-or-other in my suitcase, and...”
– Me Talk Pretty One Day, David Sedaris (via ohlivyuhuxtable)
kristinelaine:
david sedaris. such a...
“Of all the stumbling blocks inherent in learning [French], the greatest for me...”
– David Sedaris, Me Talk Pretty One Day (p. 188) (via meskdale)
“I often see people on the streets dressed as objects and handing out leaflets. ...”
– Holidays on Ice - David Sedaris (via k—c)
“It was the look you get when facing a sudden and insurmountable danger: the...”
– David Sedaris (When You Are Engulfed in Flames)
“Hugh and I have been together for so long that in order to arouse extraordinary...”
– David Sedaris (Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim) (via constantobsession)
“I’m so afraid that Hugh and I won’t have anything to talk about… If I left it up...”
– David Sedaris, When You Are Engulfed In Flames (via xdani24)
“It’s just a penis, right? Probably no worse for you than smoking.”
– When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris (via thechocolatebrigade)
“It’s astonishing the amount of time that certain straight people devote to...”
– David Sedaris (When You Are Engulfed in Flames)
danalovesit:
“In London, I saw a sign on the side of a bus for an Atheism campaign, it read: “THERE’S PROBABLY NO GOD, NOW STOP WORRYING AND ENJOY YOUR LIFE”. It wasn’t the message that bothered me as much as the wording…if there is ‘probably’ no God, then there is ‘possibly’ a heaven, and ‘maybe’ a hell, where you just might ‘burn for an eternity.’ Thus, we are back to square 1.”
-David...
“All of us take pride and pleasure in the fact that we are unique, but I’m afraid...”
– David Sedaris (Holidays on Ice) (via sixfoottallandworththeclimb)
“Understanding doesn’t mean that you can suddenly speak the language. Far from...”
– David Sedaris (via wantedplantlife)
““You can at least move your hands,” he said.
“No,” I told him, “it was the...”
– David Sedaris, When You Are Engulfed In Flames (via pigeonshoon)
““So this boyfriend,” she said. “Let me ask. Which one of you is the woman?”
...”
– David Sedaris, When You Are Engulfed In Flames (via pigeonshoon)
“They suggested the manic weariness inherent in their promise, capturing the...”
– Naked by David Sedaris. (via inveniamviam)
“I’d tried to straighten him out, but there’s only so much you can do...”
– David Sedaris
“Carefree people don’t call you a “hand puppet of the Dark Lord” when they pick...”
– David Sedaris (via ihurtmyself)
“More often than not we’d just breathe into our separate receivers.
“Are you...”
– David Sedaris (via amtilts)
“For the first twenty years of my life, I rocked myself to sleep. It was a...”
– David Sedaris (via abigailpaige)