“You mustn’t force sex to do the work of love or love to do the work of sex.”-Mary McCarthy, Novelist, Critic, Mortal Enemy of Lillian Hellman
Her son was named Reuel. Seriously.
(Thanks to Lady Z)
“O lift me from the grass!
I die! I faint! I fail!
Let thy love in kisses rain
On my lips and eyelids pale.”-Percy Bysshe Shelley, Romantic Poet, Pamphleteer, Chronic Eloper
Allegedly, Shelley met his Döppelganger and predicted his own impending death.
“I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste.”-Marcel Duchamp, Art Collector, Maker of Puns, Total Fucking Hipster
Bonus: he was still pretty hot when he was dressed as a woman.
“I was chosen from among them all, and was the first, last, and only choice.”-Frederick Douglass, Abolitionist, Writer, Sexy American Hero
Douglass was also Haiti’s delegate to the Chicago World’s Fair in 1892.
“This image of herself as a not ordinary women, an image which was trembling now in his eyes, might suddenly disappear. Nothing more difficult to live up to than men’s dreams.”-Anaïs Nin, Diarist, Psychoanalyst, Pr0n Enthusiast
It’s hard to find fun facts about someone who’s famous for keeping diaries. But she had some husbands that don’t get many mentions.
“It kills me to be time’s eunuch and never to beget.”-Gerard Manley Hopkins, Priest, Poet, Maverick
He also invented sprung rhythm, which is a lot less dirty than it sounds.
“Several times I’d have been killed if I hadn’t been able to land like a cat.”-Buster Keaton, Actor, Filmmaker, Milliner
Some people say that he got the nickname “Buster” from Harry Houdini! Maybe not, but who cares?
“Darling, all night
I have been flickering, off, on, off, on.”-Sylvia Plath, Poet, Novelist, Children’s Author
Yes. She wrote children’s books.
“I make my pictures for what Hollywood spends on lipstick.”-Maya Deren, Filmmaker, Dancer, Socialist.
Two words: Voodoo. Priestess.
“Fuck it, I feel like I shine.”-Tupac Shakur, Rapper, Activist, Registered Sex Offender
In addition to being an iconic figure in his own right, Tupac has the distinction of Madonna’s alleged desire to bear his child. Also, his cremated remains were mixed with marijuana and smoked by various members of Outlawz.
