13 Matching Annotations
  1. Sep 2020
    1. written in soft pencil-by a beautiful girl, I could tell,whom I would never meet-

      He changes the tone of writing it all of a sudden turns soft and delicate. As if he feels insecure/doubts himself" i could tell,whom i would never meet" as if he see's her from afar. As if he is speaking from a memory.

    2. leave only their splayed footprintsalong the shore of the page.

      he believes students are modest because they only"skim" the pages, leaving only modest opinions underlying their opinions. Not really giving full thought into what they are annotating.

    3. And if you have managed to graduate from collegewithout ever having written 'Man vs. Nature'in a margin,

      he is talking about students annotating books pieces of literature, poems etc.

    4. I remember once looking up from my reading,my thumb as a bookmark,

      He is writing from a memory of a younger him, maybe more humble or clueless." My thumb as bookmark"

    5. ferocious

      Words that he uses to describe the way authors write makes him upset or angry. The wording seems strong " I would bolt the door and beat some logic into your head" - as if his idea of writing is different.