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Bring Us The Head Of The Velveteen Rabbit
Bring Us The Head Of The Velveteen Rabbit
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"Bring Us the Head of the Velveteen Rabbit" presents over 80 funny, insightful, and sometimes poignant essays about the ways we and our fellow humans navigate the ass kickings delivered by life. McCurry flings relentless jabs of sarcasm at our daily lives, with the ferocity only possible from someone who deep down loves his target. These essays particularly explore how creativity and courage grow from struggles with our fears, our failures, and the honesty with which we embrace them. A photo illustration accompanies each essay, complete with embarrassing and snide captions. The essays are rendered in McCurry's unique voice, which is sharply satirical yet also open and compelling.
The essay titles, each one a monument to literary grandeur, include: "I Hate My Brain," "The Death of Indignation," "Captain Kirk Shows Us the Path to Enlightenment," "The Magical World of Falling on Your Ass," and "Laughing All the Way to the Grave."
Some sample quotes from the essays:
"A weatherman exists to provide people the illusion that they can know at least one thing about what will happen tomorrow, so that they aren’t driven insane by existential trauma."
"If you spend time trying to make people logical, you should also spend time trying to make a toaster cry when it hears La Traviata."
"When someone I love has died then a part of me indeed died too—the part of me that could only exist when I was with them, that was brought into being because of them, and that has now vanished forever because they will never come back. When I grieve for the loss of someone I love, I am also grieving for the part of me that they brought to life—and that they killed by dying themselves."
"Men who live their lives in a state of rage die when they’re 50. Men who never get angry at all die when they’re 51."
"Embracing failure can be particularly sweet, because I’m going out and doing it on purpose instead of stumbling into failure like a toddler in a room full of coffee tables."
"A gentleman is not defined by how he treats someone he adores and desires, but by how he treats someone he doesn't care about and who can't do a damn thing for him."
The essay titles, each one a monument to literary grandeur, include: "I Hate My Brain," "The Death of Indignation," "Captain Kirk Shows Us the Path to Enlightenment," "The Magical World of Falling on Your Ass," and "Laughing All the Way to the Grave."
Some sample quotes from the essays:
"A weatherman exists to provide people the illusion that they can know at least one thing about what will happen tomorrow, so that they aren’t driven insane by existential trauma."
"If you spend time trying to make people logical, you should also spend time trying to make a toaster cry when it hears La Traviata."
"When someone I love has died then a part of me indeed died too—the part of me that could only exist when I was with them, that was brought into being because of them, and that has now vanished forever because they will never come back. When I grieve for the loss of someone I love, I am also grieving for the part of me that they brought to life—and that they killed by dying themselves."
"Men who live their lives in a state of rage die when they’re 50. Men who never get angry at all die when they’re 51."
"Embracing failure can be particularly sweet, because I’m going out and doing it on purpose instead of stumbling into failure like a toddler in a room full of coffee tables."
"A gentleman is not defined by how he treats someone he adores and desires, but by how he treats someone he doesn't care about and who can't do a damn thing for him."
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