Nick Spitzman

Fiction writer.
Published or forthcoming in One Story, Expat Press, The Berlin Literary Review, Vine Leaves, Half and One, Fiction on the Web, and elsewhere.

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Thank you to @VineLeavesPress for publishing my micro "Arrangement" today in "50 Give or Take"

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@goodreads Augustus, by John Williams

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"I was looking for a job and then I found a job, and heaven knows I'm miserable now."

- The Smiths

[Natural Philosophy @Naturalphilosy]

“They’ll tell you that the arts and humanities aren’t practical and then read poetry at funerals and weddings, cry over films and search for meaning in ancient philosophy. Surviving is one type of practicality, knowing why we bother is another.”

[Frank Scozzari @ScozzariFrank]

I admire anybody who has the guts to write anything at all.
—E. B. White—

[stoiclogs @stoiclogs]

“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘪𝘯.”

~ 𝘙𝘶𝘮𝘪

[stoiclogs @stoiclogs]

“𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵.”

~ 𝘍𝘺𝘰𝘥𝘰𝘳 𝘋𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘦𝘷𝘴𝘬𝘺

[Natural Philosophy @Naturalphilosy]

“Your death will come on an ordinary day, in the middle of unfinished plans, and the world will continue without you.”

[soli @solisolsoli]

Everyone is going through something by Luca Ponsato

[soli @solisolsoli]

"The monotony of everyday life" by Luca Ponsato

[aether @bluewdrift]

This line from Atomic Habits isn't ready to leave my head:

"It doesn't make sense to continue wanting something if you're not willing to do what it takes to get it. If you don't want to live the lifestyle, then release yourself from the desire. To crave the result but not the process is to guarantee disappointment."

[Natural Philosophy @Naturalphilosy]

“The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age.”

— Aldous Huxley

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@goodreads Stoner, by John Williams

[John the Gnerphk @Gnerphk]

new idea for the next time I'm really really bored

[𐙚⋆ @voidwithverses]

I fell in love with this sentence:

“As you grow older, you begin to understand: your father was just a man trying his best with what he knew. Forgive him. He was living life for the first time, too.”

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Rome and Syracuse also nearby if you want a detour

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"Hard times make hard people.
Hard people make good times.
Good times make soft people.
Soft people make hard times."

The adage implies change over several generations.
But some can experience all this in just one lifetime...