Oh- that's actually insane.. this makes me more aware of timelines and more thankful I was born in an educational era #realityhunger

I also really like this quote because it goes with the saying "show, don't tell" because only then results are visible-- it felt motivating! #realityhunger

"the sound of human voices waking before they drown" I really like this quote because it shows an attention given upon how someone likes human voices' sound before they turn into random mush-- at least, that's what I think #realityhunger

I was really interested in how this sentence was worded-- what made the author word it this way? #realityhunger

Going from an excerpt about a Japanese baseball player's life to a quote like the one in 128 is making me really question if there is a continuity at all in this chapter or if there is a lack of one at all #realityhunger

Is it just me or is "History looked about for gossip, not for laws" really unnerving. While history widening it's gaze to focus on many events can be a positive thing, the fact that history looks for controversial topics seems like it's just another form of clickbait #realityhunger

#realityhunger while i did enjoy some parts of this, i do not fundamentally agree with a lot of what Shield's says and find that his idea's are kind of odd as he demands authenticity despite his own writings being taken from others and chopped up. how is that authenticity?

Speaking of accents I never seem to hear accents anymore. Whether that be New York accents or even when I go down South to FL it's hard to find people that still speak them. I guess that goes to show the US's cultural dispersal and dominance of the internet on even our speech #realityhunger

#realityhunger lyric essays may be the way of the future as one of the only remaining forms of personal, individualistic media, as many others are made for the cookie cutter sake of being copied

Then goes on to say "Anything processed by memory is fiction," which hurts to admit i kind of agree with #realityhunger

An addition to the inspiration argument. While the ancient words of these figures may never be revealed, what's even more valuable is the act of replicating their speech with their own wording used to describe the key features of the presenter #realityhunger

"Memory: the past rewritten in the direction of feeling," meaning our feelings can affect how we remember the past #realityhunger

I love that part f starts with Greek mythology because i love greek mythology #realityhunger

Aphorism? So history's "deep quotes" are people's attempts to communicate with each other on different subjects of life? I feel like this is a reflection to these platforms. Less is ultimately more and sharing these on a larger scale is truly a human experience #realityhunger

"I want books to be equal to the complexity of experience, memory, and thought, not flattening it out with either linear narrative or smooth recount," so kinda how life is messy and real, so books should be as well #realityhunger

I really like how the author talks about how life isn't about doing everything right, rather it is about failing, because I feel that as a society we still struggle with this idea #realityhunger

"All the best stories are true." I don't know if I completely agree with this #realityhunger

The mention of the Illiad as verse not novels just completely mindblows me to the fact that an over thousand year old story has survived through word of mouth and was that important and significant to survive the tides of history #realityhunger

While the cynicism from these earlier writers does strike deep, a counter to these seemingly negative points is that writing is a a reflection of what one finds beautiful and it can be used as inspiration to write more original thought provoking literature each day #realityhunger

This dude really does not trust his own memory. #realityhunger