| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 95bfcb8 | Ever been in a spelling bee as a kid? That snowy second after the announcement of the word as you sift your brain to see if you can spell it? It was like that, the blank panic. | thoughts anxious blank-mind going-blank lost-thoughts the-human-mind spelling-bee the-mind panic-attack brain forgetting panic thinking | Gillian Flynn | |
| 77dfe7e | "Tired," said Jason. "S-L-E-E-P-Y. Tired." | spelling-bee tired spelling | Louis Sachar |