Lit and Basketball

We are like roses that never bothered to
bloom when we should have bloomed and
it is as if
the sun has become disgusted with
waiting

- Charles Bukowski, “Waiting”

Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.

- Haruki Murakami, Dance Dance Dance

A good coach makes you suffer in a way that suited you. A bad coach made everyone suffer in the same way, and so was more like a torturer.

- Chad Harbach, The Art of Fielding

[S]omething about him seized approval from everyone, regardless of the performance.

- Marisha Pessl, Special Topics in Calamity Physics

“Slowly, inexorably, relentlessly, I shall destroy my enemies, one by one, until none remain to defy me!”

- Stan Lee, The Amazing Spider Man Annual No. 2

“I like food. I like car keys.” He paused. “I like pretzels.”

- Lorrie Moore, “What You Want to Do Fine”

“Here’s to alcohol, the rose colored glasses of life.”

- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned

We bring the bump to the grind (Uh huh)
I don’t mind. We’re on top.
It’s just a shimmy and a shake (Uh huh)
I can’t fake. We’re on top.
We’re on top.

- The Killers, “On Top”

Note: we recognize we’re stretching the boundaries of “lit” with this entry. Sue us.

He’d once told me that the art of getting ahead in New York was based on learning how to express dissatisfaction in an interesting way.

- Don DeLillo, White Noise

They both looked amused, and for a freak minute I believed they were perfect for each other, a feeling I would never have again.

- Lorrie Moore, A Gate at the Stairs