Michael Ormsbee

@butYalways I’m saying that to myself every day... You’ve got this!!

@PhDhurtBrain Unfortunately, it seems like more people tend to gravitate towards the “this town ain’t big enough for the both of us” school of thought

@moniza_hossain Give me Diana Wynne Jones over Marvel every day of the week and twice on Sunday

Marvel is all about the multiverse now but Diana Wynne Jones totally did it first with the Chrestomanci books

@oishani Congratulations!!

@PhDhurtBrain Can you explain this to me, maybe with multiple references? I don’t get it et al…

‘Well, you see,’ said Mr. Inspector, ‘it was a question of making a move. It’s of no use moving if you don’t know what your move is. You had better by far keep still.’ - the inspector in Our Mutual Friend, convincing me to stay in bed and not work on my chapter

@bookishseawitch “The play’s the thing!” “…to catch the conscience of the king?” “Sure. Yeah, definitely that”

did hamlet want revenge or did he want an excuse to put on a little play

@PhDhurtBrain And sometimes, when admiration crosses the threshold into awe, nothing will do but ellipses. “She’s… done it. Hasn’t she.” “Yes, my boy… I do believe she has…”

@hadeejasouffle This morning I watched European football. This is what Lacan calls the Real Madrid

@MeredithIreland Uh, I have it on good authority that we don’t talk about Bruno?

@butYalways I know how I started (staring blankly at my copy of villette), but seeing as how I haven’t finished yet, there may be a better way…

“For when a person comes to grind off poetry night after night, it is but right he should expect to be paid for its weakening effect on his mind.” - Silas Wegg, arguing for better pay for literature professors

@PhDhurtBrain I really like “In the essay I’ll try my darnedest to”

@PhDhurtBrain Stomach of the tiger, the thrill of the bite. He’s digesting you now, it’s the BIIIIILE… of the tiiiger

@ProffWolff Don’t hit the deck! I doubt they’d stand for it

you run into this crew, what do you do

@oishani I choose papyrus!

@ericbsong I’m going to chant a version of this to myself every day, with “dissertation” instead of “syllabus.” I’ll make sure to cite you

@dee_bee_h Students these days… always getting distracted by the side quests

@oishani I thought they were for reminding myself that someday, eventually, I’ll really have to look up the page number of that quote…

@DantonSix I was a Jane eyre person at 14, and then found out I was really a Villette person at 28

At age 14 you must choose whether you’re a Jane Eyre person or a Wuthering Heights person. That choice will decide everything to come.