"i'd tell you i love you, but i'm thinking of a better way to say it." - timothy mcsweeney

for those of you who don't know me-- ah, who am i kidding?  anyone reading this knows me.

ok, so, for those of you who didn't know this about me:

i fall in love with people's writing.

sometimes, when i read a line i just think, "wow." & then i feel a combination of jealousy, awe & attraction towards the person who wrote that line.  ok, not always do i feel attracted to them, but seriously... when that guy wants to make me his own one day, he's gotta make my knees go weak through his sentence structure & word choice.

so i've been reading in crime & punishment all day, & just barely i ran across the line

"the black snake of wounded self-esteem had preyed on his heart all night."

& boy, did my knees start a-knockin' in awe.

dostoevsky's ability to convey such an awesome & terrible power with his words stuns me.

i just had to share it with you.