Texts from Jane Eyre

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Authors: Mallory Ortberg
than me
     oh 
     he’s German
very German
 so German it’s hard to understand him at first when he speaks
     and you’re going to marry
him
with yourself
  you’re going to be marrying him yourself I mean
     his mustache is enormous
bushy and gray and covered in crumbs
all of him is covered in crumbs
 he’s filthy haha
     well that’s just 
     oh and he just hates my writing
 criticizes my work unceasingly
     I see 
     i really cannot overemphasize
how much he disapproves of my voice as a writer
 wants me to change everything about it
     well
  how can I compete with that
     exactly
 please don’t blame yourself

Hamlet
    Part V
     darling I don’t mean to criticize but
  you really hurt your father’s feelings last night
     hes not my real dad
 why do you even like him

Henry David Thoreau
     im going to the woods ok 
     okay 
     im going to live deliberately
with essential facts
 im going to suck all the marrow out of the trees
     okay 
     so dont follow me 
     how long are you going? 
     i dont know
however long it takes to live deliberately
so maybe a few months
 or maybe forever gonna live in a cabin
     well
  i’m happy for you
     can i use your cabin 
     you want to live in my cabin? 
     well i dont have a cabin
i need to be self sufficient
 so i need to use your cabin

     hey do you mind if i have some friends over to the cabin 
     how’s it going out there
  are you living deliberately
     yeah pretty deliberately i guess
 but its pretty boring out here without friends over
     i guess so
as long as you keep things tidy
  there’s not room for many other people
     no for sure for sure for sure
just the alcotts
and the hawthornes
 and ellery is already here
     he is? 
     yeah he sleeps on the floor by me
plus people are always stopping by to see me
 and my self sufficient cabin
     you mean my self sufficient cabin 
     the self sufficient cabin
anyhow
i invited a lot of them to spend the night too
the more the merrier thats my motto
just me and the lonely whispering of the wind among the reeds
and also the alcotts and the hawthornes
and my best friend ellery
 and anyone else who happens to come by
     that’s
  a lot of people
     twenty five or thirty souls, with their bodies,
at once under my roof
 give or take

     hey do you want to come over
 i just stole some pies
     what 
     this lady just left out pies on her porch
so i took em
 self sufficiently
     i don’t think that’s very self sufficient 
     well i don’t think you’re very
shut up just come over
 just come over to the damn woods

     you know what i think are brave 
     what 
     minks
and muskrats
awfully brave
 not like the great mass of mankind
     what’s so brave about them 
     you wouldn’t understand
hey would you bring some more molasses if you’re coming back
tomorrow
 im all out
     how much molasses do you need 
     i dont know
obviously
clearly if id known from the beginning i wouldn’t need more now
 so i guess “more” is the answer
     why don’t you just come over
and you can get all the molasses you need
and you can stay in town for a few nights
  i think maybe that would be a good idea
     no way man
no way
your life is a hollow shell
no offense but id rather die than stay at your house
just bring the molasses when you come over tomorrow
and also some more shoes because i lost the last pair
and some books
and pens i need pens
but thats it
and a thing of beans
 thats for sure it

     do you know whos my family ralph 
     who 
     these squirrels
 these squirrels and this chipmunk and that crow over there
     the crow on the chimney? 
     NO
not that one
god i hate that one
hes not my family
 hes a fucking asshole

Daisy Miller
     hey daisy
you look so good in that green dress today!!
 so glad you’re wearing it
     thank you! 
     quick question
were you going to wear it like
 to dinner?
     i was
  Yes
     or is it like
a “joke”
 i thought maybe it was a

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