December 2011
39 posts
Whenever someone who knows you disappears, you lose one version of yourself....
– Salman Rushdie, from The Ground Beneath Her Feet (with thanks to pavorst
)
Recordar: To remember; from the Latin re-cordis, to pass back through the heart.
– Eduardo Galeano, from The Book of Embraces (with thanks to leopoldgursky)
Drop the idea of becoming someone, because you are already a masterpiece. You...
– Osho (via karencygnarowicz)
Meditation is old and honorable, so why should I
not sit, every morning of my...
– What I Have Learned So Far by Mary Oliver (via growing-orbits)
In third grade: Learn cursive, you will use it for the rest of your life
Middle School: Write in cursive if you want, but make sure it's readable
High School: Please don't write in cursive
College: If you do not type it I will not grade your paper
Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us...
– ~ Norman Cousins (via conflictingheart)
Reserved people often really need the frank discussion of their sentiments and...
– Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre (via distantheartbeats)
keremmermutlu:
“To be left alone is the most precious thing one can ask of the modern world.” - Anthony Burgess (via… http://t.co/ZiguQb07
Remember then that there is only one important time, and that time is now. The...
– Leo the Turtle, The Three Questions by Jon Muth (via quote-book)
1) Don’t trust in inspiration, unless you want to be a poet. The first idea you...
– Source (via precipice)
There was so much sadness in everything, even when things worked.
– Charles Bukowski (via aeloquence)