December 2010
40 posts
“Wisdom begins in wonder”
– Socrates (via localisedinsanity)
“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.”
– Henry David Thoreau, Walden (via itookadeepbreath)
“Oh no, I’ve said too much/I haven’t said enough.”
– “Losing My Religion”
“Paradoxically, we achieve true wholeness only by embracing our fragility and...”
– Jalaja Bonheim (via oceanofmind)
“To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human...”
– Stephen Hawking (via quote-book)
“Actually, I think friendship and love are exactly the same thing.”
– Truman Capote (via quote-book)
“It’s strange that words are so inadequate. Yet, like the asthmatic struggling...”
– T.S. Eliot (via fatalistichues) (via quote-book)
Some of the Most Beautiful Words...
“Abby Arcadipane has sent you a message.” Flashing across your iPhone. Five minutes after you sent a message to her. True love. Cannot wait to “pass the day with you in serious and inconsequential chatter.” <3
“Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your...”
– Franz Kafka (via itookadeepbreath)
I need to believe this.
“You ask why I spend my life writing?
Do I find entertainment?
Is it...”
– Sylvia Plath (via acupofinspiration)
"This is both our burden and our collective... →
“If I stay lucky and my tongue will stay tied, then I won’t betray the...”
– ~ “Lucky”, Seven Mary Three
I Love This Woman.
fuckyeahsylviaplath:
“There is so much hurt in this game of searching for a mate, of testing, trying. And you realize suddenly you forgot it was a game, and turn away in tears.”
-The Journals of Sylvia Plath (submitted by imadeyouup)
“Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it....”
– — Everybody’s Free (to wear sunscreen). - Baz Lurhmann (via quote-book)
Now I understand why I give advice so easily…
“Instead of going home, I drove to the library. To hell with human beings. I’d...”
– Alice Hoffman (via itookadeepbreath)
Word.
“I feel like my life is so scattered right now. Like it’s all the small pieces of...”
– John Green, Will Grayson (via itookadeepbreath)