February 2012
46 posts
January 2012
58 posts
“You choose what to think about. And you may not feel that way every day, but the...”
– John Green, on The Fault in Our Stars at the Tour de Nerdfighting Event in Austin, Texas (21 January 2012)
It kind of sucks when...
you try to open up to someone and tell them just how important they are to you, and all you get back is a perfunctory answer that seems mildly insincere. It’s just disappointing.
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Sweetly Creeping
Splayed out on cement, the warmth of life seeping, eyes full of pity watch Death come sweetly creeping. He couldn’t move. I couldn’t breath. He wouldn’t die. I wouldn’t grieve.
Wisdom and exhaustion steal away the fight. Sleep summons Dreams, Death brings the Night.
He wouldn’t move. I wouldn’t breathe. He started to die. I started to grieve.
Glory turns her...
“Maybe…you’ll fall in love with me all over again.”
“Hell,” I said, “I love you...”
– A Farewell To Arms, Ernest Hemingway (via murphyfiveanddime)
Why the friendzone is bullshit and self-proclaimed... →
underreigns:
Wow, accidentally deleted my original post. Reblogging so I can keep it in my archives.
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As defined by urban dictionary, the friendzone is…
“When you are expected to support a girl you really like while she searches for a smarter, richer, and more handsome boyfriend. There is little you can do without feeling like a dick. All in all, one of the meanest things a girl can do,...
“Advice? I don’t have advice. Stop aspiring and start writing. If you’re writing,...”
– Alan Watt (via neil-gaiman)
“If you’re twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you...”
– Anthony Bourdain
I like this plan.
(via findmolassescandy)
As a matter of fact… I am.
Whenever I do something that I regret after the fact, or that makes me nervous because of how badly it might end, I remind myself of one thing: If I’m not taking risks, if I’m not making mistakes, I’m not living.
Edge.org asked 191 famous thinkers "What is Your... →
climateadaptation:
“I was told some years ago that the reason why some species of sea turtles migrate all the way across the South Atlantic to lay their eggs on the east coast of South America after mating on the west coast of Africa is that when the behavior started, Gondwanaland was just beginning to break apart (that would be between 130 and 110 million years ago), and these turtles...
What We Are
What are you? I am Christian. I am Muslim. I am Buddhist. I am Atheist. What are you? I am American. I am Russian. I am Iranian. I am Chinese.
What are you? I am white. I am black. I am Hispanic. I am Asian.
What are you? I am a friend. I am a lover. I am a brother. I am a human being. What am I? In another place, In another time, In another set of circumstances,
I am you.
“So many gods, so many creeds, So many paths that wind and wind, While just the...”
– Ella Wheeler Wilcox (via underreigns)
“Be curious, not judgmental.”
– Walt Whitman (via underreigns)
“It’s a metaphor, see. You put the killing thing right between your teeth, but...”
– The Fault in Our Stars | John Green (via thefaultinourquotes) 