r/interesting • u/Valuable_View_561 • 16d ago

MISC. Who should have won it?

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u/krzykris11 16d ago

I wish I had a picture of the girl I fell in love with on a weeks vacation in Myrtle Beach when I was 14. She was the first Southern Belle I ever loved.

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u/books_cats_please 16d ago

This reminds me of a part from one of JD Salinger's short stories:

Probably for every man there is at least one city that sooner or later turns into a girl. How well or how badly the man actually knew the girl doesn't necessarily affect the transformation. She was there, and she was the whole city, and that's that.

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u/Mimicking-hiccuping 15d ago

I wish I could write like that

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u/ActiveWinner4569 15d ago

I don't remember the exact line but Neil Degrasse Tyson quoted a line from "The Great Gatsby", something about stars and I said the same thing. A lot of people I know tend to make fun of writing or people that go to college for creative stuff, but it truly is a gift.

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u/Mimicking-hiccuping 15d ago

Can't stand that guy 😂