February 2011
35 posts
January 2011
36 posts
“We cannot change the cards we are dealt, only how we play the hand.”
– Randy Pausch (via quotography)
“Starting this year, no American will be forbidden from serving the country they...”
– President Obama, SOTU. (via thedailywhat)
"With Sincerest Regrets"
By Russell Edson
Like a monstrous snail, a toilet slides into a living room on a track of wet, demanding to be loved. It is impossible, and we tender our sincerest regrets. In the book of the heart there is no mention made of plumbing. And though we have spent our intimacy many times with you, you belong to an unfortunate reference, which we would rather not embrace...
“If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely...”
– E.B. White (via contrive)
“People say they ‘find’ love, as if it were an object hidden by a rock. But love...”
– Mitch Albom (via contrive)
“A person of good intelligence and of sensitivity cannot exist in this society...”
– George Carlin (via owlsandelephants)
“Compassion hurts. When you feel connected to everything, you also feel...”
– The agony of being connected to everything in the Universe by Andrew Boyd (via fuckyeahexistentialism)
“If you approach the world’s complexities, both its glories and its horrors, with...”
– Daniel Dennett (via bodymindandsoul)
WatchHow Soon Is Now? - The Smiths
You shut your mouth How can you say, I go about things the wrong way I am human and I need to be loved Just like everybody else does
There would be more philosophers if there were...
solaseria:
/minirant
Rare (lost) Words →
thechocolatebrigade:
tristifical - causing to be sad or mournful. eternitarian - one who believes in the eternity of the soul. cosmogyral - whirling round the universe. siagonology - study of jaw-bones. autexousious - exercising or possessing free will. nepheliad - cloud-nymph. gardeviance -chest for valuables; a traveling trunk. ictuate - to emphasize. senticous - prickly; thorny....
"Joy and suffering follow one another like two...
I read this quote and thought about something I experienced the other night. Something terrible, but I wasn’t bawling my eyes out like you’d imagine I would. I remembered that I need to suffer in order to grow. Not just me, you too. In the long run, bad experiences will only provide us with the insight to make us better equipped for the future… and not to mention, having...
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Loneliness is the human condition. Cultivate it. The way it tunnels into you...”
– Janet Fitch (via contrive)
"No one looks back on their life and remembers the...
This will help me through my 11 hour work day tomorrow.
