300 Things I Hope

by Iain S. Thomas, Carla Kreuser (Illustrator)

Overview

"A whole book of “I hope this...” and “I hope that...” and you think, blah blah, blah, until you read that particular hope which is just for you, it must be just for you it is so perfect, and the whole book opens like a window onto a sunny day."–Joey Comeau, Author of A Softerworld, Lock Pick Pornography, One Bloody Thing After Another and Overqualified, amongst other things

This collection of hope will move you and remind you of what's important in life as you live it.

From Iain S. Thomas, the creator of I Wrote This For You, and artist Carla Kreuser comes a collection of 300 things they truly and sincerely hope for you: from wishing you always have a pen, to hoping you're never lonely, and everything in-between.

This collection of inspiring prose and illustrations will move you, and remind you of what's important in life as you live it. Or, that's what they hope. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781771680479
Publisher:	Central Avenue Publishing
Publication date:	10/01/2016
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Carla Kreuser is a graphic designer, and sometimes poet, with a penchant for horror stories and binding her own illustrated books by hand. She grew up in Pretoria, but currently lives closer to the sea in Cape Town, where she met poet Iain Thomas. In her spare time, she fills her sketchbooks by exploring the city on foot and people-watching.

Iain S. Thomas is a new media artist and author. As an author, his most famous work is I Wrote This For You, which he writes under the pseudonym pleasefindthis - a blog then book that’s been on poetry bestseller lists since its launch in 2011. His other books include I Am Incomplete Without You, 300 Things I Hope, Intentional Dissonance, How To Be Happy: Not A Self-Help Book and more. He regularly writes for The Huffington Post on poetry, creativity and life and currently lives in Cape Town, South Africa.

Read an Excerpt

300 Things I Hope

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By Iain S. Thomas, Carla Kreuser

Central Avenue Marketing Ltd.

Copyright © 2016 Iain S. Thomas
All rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-77168-047-9

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CHAPTER 1

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I hope someone gives you this book or you find it at a time when you need it.

2

I hope you've found or will find love.

3

I hope you find a stranger to whisper you to sleep.

4

I hope people love you when you're born and as long as you live.

5

I hope you love someone like the solar system loves the sun.

6

I hope you learn everything you need to learn before what you don't learn, hurts you.

7

I hope you never become something you hate.

8

I hope you have the courage to do things for the first time.

9

I hope you don't wait too long to do them.

10

I hope you always have a pen.

(Continues...)

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Editorial Reviews

"A whole book of “I hope this...” and “I hope that...” and you think, blah blah, blah, until you read that particular hope which is just for you, it must be just for you it is so perfect, and the whole book opens like a window onto a sunny day."–Joey Comeau, Author of A Softerworld, Lock Pick Pornography, One Bloody Thing After Another and Overqualified, amongst other things

"One of the most beautiful things I have ever read. Ever."—BT, Grammy Nominated Composer and Technologist

"This is me. This is you. This is us. This is every human being, past and present, old and young, of every ethnicity, race and faith. Our every complex human emotion translated into words. Someone knows and someone understands. This is the essence of what it truly means to be human."—Ethar El-Katatney, CNN African Journalist Of The Year, award-winning journalist, blogger and author

"The magnificent beauty of I Wrote This For You is quite simply this: the book is elegantly incomplete without you. No one else in the world can read it the way you do. No one." —Matthew E. May, author, The Elegant Solution, In Pursuit Of Elegance and The Shibumi Strategy

"I bought the I Wrote This For You book in actual, real-life paperback, and it soothes my soul. Buy it if you can." —Laura Prudom, Associate Editor, AOL/HuffPo TV

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