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A Line from “Damien” by Hermann Hesse

December 12, 2016 by Jinn Zhong Leave a Comment

So I recently got a new fountain pen and I’ve been asking other writers to send me their favorite passages of fiction to copy by hand. Of course, being writers (who don’t listen well), most of them sent me passages from essays, poems and plays instead. Oh well.

Here’s one as requested by William S., in the Facebook Writers Group, “The Write Life Community”:

First, in its original language…

A line from "Damien" by Herman Hesse (auf Deutsch)
A line from “Damien” by Herman Hesse (auf Deutsch)

Now, in the translated English…

A line from "Damien" by Herman Hesse (in English)
A line from “Damien” by Herman Hesse (in English)

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Passage from “Meditations” by Marcus Aurelius

December 10, 2016 by Jinn Zhong Leave a Comment

So I recently got a new fountain pen and I’ve been asking other writers to send me their favorite passages of fiction to copy by hand. Of course, being writers (who don’t listen well), most of them sent me passages from essays, poems and plays instead. Oh well.

Here’s one as requested by Vishal C., in the Facebook Writers Group, “The Write Life Community”.

I ended up copying this one out five times before I got one that didn’t have a mistake. I don’t regret it though. It’s a powerful piece of philosophy and a good friend of mine has mentioned Meditations multiple times to me in the years I’ve known him. It’s on my long list of books to read.

Anyway, there’s a particular line in here that absolutely touched me every time I wrote it out: “possessing a share of the divine.” It really does come down to that at the end of the day and yet we manage to forget it every day too.

Passage from “Meditations” by Marcus Aurelius

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Filed Under: Absurdities, Ink & Rock Tagged With: cursive, fountain pen, handwriting, marcus aurelius, meditations

Act 1, Scene 5, Lines 167-8 of “Hamlet” by William Shakespeare

December 8, 2016 by Jinn Zhong Leave a Comment

So I recently got a new fountain pen and I’ve been asking other writers to send me their favorite passages of fiction to copy by hand. Of course, being writers (who don’t listen well), most of them sent me passages from essays, poems and plays instead. Oh well.

Here’s one as requested by Anindita C., in the Facebook Writers Group, “The Write Life Community”:

Act 1, Scene 5, Lines 167-8 of "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare
Act 1, Scene 5, Lines 167-8 of “Hamlet” by William Shakespeare

Here are the rest of them if you’re curious:
http://www.garagefiction.com/category/blog/absurdities/ink-rock/

Filed Under: Absurdities, Ink & Rock Tagged With: cursive, fountain pen, hamlet, handwriting, horatio, shakespeare, william shakespeare

Passage from “Pride & Prejudice” by Jane Austen

December 8, 2016 by Jinn Zhong Leave a Comment

So I recently got a new fountain pen and I’ve been asking other writers to send me their favorite passages of fiction to copy by hand. Of course, being writers (who don’t listen well), most of them sent me passages from essays, poems and plays instead. Oh well.

Here’s one as requested by Pa N.V., in the Facebook Writers Group, “The Write Life Community”:

Passage from "Pride & Prejudice" by Jane Austen
Passage from “Pride & Prejudice” by Jane Austen

Here are the rest of them if you’re curious:
http://www.garagefiction.com/category/blog/absurdities/ink-rock/

Filed Under: Absurdities, Ink & Rock Tagged With: cursive, fountain pen, handwriting, jane austen, pride & prejudice

Passage from “Sunset Song” by Lewis Grassic Gibbon

December 8, 2016 by Jinn Zhong Leave a Comment

So I recently got a new fountain pen and I’ve been asking other writers to send me their favorite passages of fiction to copy by hand. Of course, being writers (who don’t listen well), most of them sent me passages from essays, poems and plays instead. Oh well.

Here’s one as requested by Athenia Paris M., in the Facebook Writers Group, “The Write Life Community”:

Passage from Sunset Song by Lewis Grassic Gibbon
Passage from Sunset Song by Lewis Grassic Gibbon

Here are the rest of them if you’re curious:
http://www.garagefiction.com/category/blog/absurdities/ink-rock/

Filed Under: Absurdities, Ink & Rock Tagged With: cursive, fountain pen, handwriting, lewis grassic gibbon, sunset song

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