May 2011
I read my books at night, like that, under the quilt with the overheated reading...
– Ham On Rye, Charles Bukowski (via killingfate)
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Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and more...
– Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare (via lipsticksmiles)
Do not measure in terms of time: one year or ten years means nothing. For the...
– Rilke, Viareggio, April 23, 1903, Letters to a Young Poet (via aperfectcommotion)
How strange it is. We have these deep terrible lingering fears about ourselves...
– Don DeLillo, White Noise (via bookmania)
How many times in our life have we been afraid to tackle a tough job or project,...
– Mandino, Og. Secrets for Success and Happiness
To conquer oneself is the best and noblest victory; to be vanquished by...
– Plato
His mind slid away into the labyrinth world of doublethink. To know and to not...
– 1984 by George Orwell (via nemebatocabe)
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Anonymous asked: "To love you is a painful hunger that my heart needs so badly for it to keep beating. Without you it will cease and I will die. Not in the literal sense, but yes, even so I will die... Until I find another soul, another love, another heart... who will make me feel alive again."
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elvedon asked: it depends on how i feel that day, but for the most part my world is a blur of colors, except when i sit down to read, the words leave me longing for something more
This is not to say that love is only about fighting. Love is about bottomless...
– Jonathan Franzen | “Liking is for Cowards. Go for What Hurts” | NY Times Op-Ed May 28, 2011 (via evoketheforms)
That is why the bird sings its songs into the world as though it were singing...
– Note on Birds by Rainer Maria Rilke (via the-final-sentence)
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maresevenlove asked: your blog is absolutelyy amazingg! i wish i could reblog everythingg you post! haha :]
What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in his heart but...
– Soren Kierkegaard (via 500daysofkissingmypillow)
To me, at least in retrospect, the really interesting question is why dullness...
– David Foster Wallace, The Pale King (via fishingboatproceeds)
shoutfortheday:
We stand at opposite ends of the earth. Extinguish all lights. Become still for a moment. Senses on hyperalert. I take a blind step forward. In my mind I might have heard you do the same. Walking without seeing, hands outstretched. Channeling the need to feel you. I need so much, I can almost see you. Bumps and bruises already. Hours go by. But still we walk. And try...
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heathermarieclark asked: I just started following you and I thought you should know that your tumblr is lovely. <3
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lovewithoutpains asked: hi there :)
every morning the first thing i do before i got outa bed is checking tumblr. and this morning i came across ur post saying you'll be posting feel-good images, and i have been staying tune. and i really just want to thank you for doing this, because i totally need that today. i just became single today all the sudden.
every morning the first thing i do before i got outa bed is checking tumblr. and this morning i came across ur post saying you'll be posting feel-good images, and i have been staying tune. and i really just want to thank you for doing this, because i totally need that today. i just became single today all the sudden.
breath is not aware of its history; it is just breath.
I wish I could be like...
– The Realm of Possibility, David Levithan (via imaginingatower)
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unearthen-crystals asked: I loveee your blog! I'm so happy I found it!(:
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We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
– Oscar Wilde
I like it when it rains hard. It sounds like white noise everywhere, which is...
– Mark Haddon (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time)
When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I...
– C. S. Lewis (via whiterabbitbook)
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abaddonplasma-deactivated201107 asked: Your blog is really something. And I mean that in the sense that it's extraordinary and beautiful in a way that I can't seem to properly convey through my limited vocabulary. Sorry, it's a bit early in the morning for me so my thinking is impaired.
Anyways, thank you for blogging. ~ <3
Anyways, thank you for blogging. ~ <3
Since I am in such a good mood today, I’ll share my temporary high and post feel-good images and quotes. If you’re having a bad day, stay with me. I hope I can make you happy :)
And in the end, of course, a true war story is never about war. It’s about...
– How to Tell a True War Story by Tim O’Brien (via saragladwin)
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bottledperfection asked: I love your blog... Mainly because I love words and the emotion and image they can create. :)
Haha we might be kindred spirits.
Haha we might be kindred spirits.
She often could not articulate her thoughts; they seemed like objects glimpsed...
– Katherine Min, After The Falls (via booksandbrews)