January 2011
25 posts
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Where have you been?
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“We all have our little solipsistic delusions, ghastly intuitions of utter...”
– Westward the Course of Empire Takes its Way, David Foster Wallace (via ourcatastrophe)
InspireYourDream: For the Long Haul →
inspireyourdream:
I’m in this for the long haul.
My art. My work. My projects. My ministry. My marriage. My purposes.
Each endeavor will be pursued with a long-term mindset.
I’m not interested in…
short-term gain. short-term impact. short-term influence.
I’m not interested in…
temporary progress. …
“When my husband died, because he was so famous and known for not being a...”
– Ann Druyan, talking about her dead husband Carl Sagan (via fuckyeahexistentialism, savagemike)
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“I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent...”
– Robert Fulghum, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (via libraryland)
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Quote!
“People universally tend to think that happiness is a stroke of luck, something that will maybe descend upon you like fine weather if you’re fortunate enough. But that’s not how happiness works. Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly in the...
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“Nostalgia - it’s delicate, but potent. Teddy told me that in Greek, ‘nostalgia’...”
– Mad Men (via wearethedigitalkids) (via quote-book)
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“Next time, ask: What’s the worst that will happen? Then push yourself a little...”
– Naomi Wolf (via sonsryan)
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“I sometimes think that people’s hearts are like deep wells. Nobody knows what’s...”
– Haruki Murakami (via obsoletedesolate)
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Illusion
“I like the stars. It’s the illusion of permanence, I think. I mean, they’re always flaring up and caving in and going out. But from here, I can pretend…I can pretend that things last. I can pretend that lives last longer than moments. Gods come, and gods go. Mortals flicker and flash and fade. Worlds don’t last; and stars and galaxies are transient, fleeting...
“We loved killing time and had perfected several ways of doing so. We wandered...”
– Joshua Ferris, Then We Came to the End (via libraryland)
clientsfromhell:
Client: “You know when you bite into a really good apple and you get that great crunch sound and the juices flow strong and sweet, and for a split second the world is perfect? It’s the best and it makes you want more. That is the feeling I want people to get from the ads. This does not mean I want a picture of an apple.”
“My only relief is to sleep. When I’m sleeping, I’m not sad, I’m not angry, I’m...”
– Jillian Medoff, Hunger Point (via kari-shma)
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“You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late,...”
– Captain Wentworth, (Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
“Nerdiness is, at its core, a manifestation of clever silliness. Nerds and their...”
– Ferdinand Bardamu (via soupsoup)
1234melvin:
via playmikeplay
“And it came to me then. That we were wonderful traveling companions but in the...”
– (Haruki Murakami)
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Love Quote!
“Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual.”
- Octavio Paz