February 2011
“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
– The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
January 2011
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“Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light; I have loved...”
– Sarah Williams — The Old Astronomer to His Pupil (via thelastvestige)
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“Just as anyone who listens to the muse will hear, you can write out of your own...”
– Joseph Campbell, The Hero’s Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life & Work (via fuckyeahworldliterature)
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“Te amo como se aman ciertas cosa oscuras,
secretamente, entre la sombra y el...”
– Pablo Neruda
“A long time ago, man would listen in amazement to the sound of regular beats in...”
– Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“Romance takes place in the middle distance. Romance is looking in at yourself...”
– Margaret Atwood (via fuckyeahworldliterature)
First Day of School!
Today is my first day of school as a graduate student. I am pursuing a Master’s degree in English Literature. This semester I am taking “Survey of World Literature” and a graduate seminar in “19th Century Literature.”
I. Am. Ridiculously. Excited.
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“may my heart always be open to little
birds who are the secrets of living...”
– e.e. cummings (via liquidnight)
“Everyone in me is a bird.
I am beating all my wings.”
– Anne Sexton (via liquidnight)
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“My meaning simply is, that whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried...”
– David Copperfield, Charles Dickens (via fuckyeahliteraryquotes)
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“What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how...”
– Gabriel García Márquez (via kari-shma)
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“Are you aware that you are conditioned? That is the first thing to ask yourself,...”
– J. Krishnamurti
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“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply,...”
– Pablo Neruda
Dear my love, my Dave. Pablo really knew then how I feel about you now (and then).
“I have to remind myself that some birds aren’t meant to be caged. Their feathers...”
– Stephen King
“Souls love. That’s what souls do. Egos don’t, but souls do. Become a soul, look...”
– Ram Dass (via oceanofmind)
“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature,...”
– Helen Keller (via stitches-and-scars)
“The most important thing in life is to stop saying ‘I wish’ and start saying ‘I...”
– David Copperfield, Charles Dickens
“That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald
To pack life in.
Cram it in to each second.
Save up minutes to spend on those you love.
Create magic out of something as recurring as a weekend, or better yet a weekday.
Take care of yourself by taking care of others.
To wake up and simply be thankful for your breath.
To go to sleep and be glad that you get to do it all again.
To love.
To fall in love.
To be madly in love.
To finally allow yourself to be loved.
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“You are wrong if you think Joy emanates only…from human relationships. God has...”
– Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer
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In case you were wondering...
…what I was thinking as I walked up to the bus station this morning: “I am made of awesome sauce!! …and—pineapples!”
Sleep-deprivation. Some folks get grouchy. Some get delirious. I become a beat poet of the 21st century.
“Everytime you do a good deed you shine the light a little farther into the dark....”
– Charles de Lint
Let's Get This Straight. →
“Both sides are, in fact, not “just as bad,” when it comes to institutionally sanctioned violent and eliminationist rhetoric.
An anonymous commenter at Daily Kos and the last Republican vice presidential nominee are not equivalent, no matter how many ridiculously irresponsible members of the media would have us believe otherwise.
There is, demonstrably, no leftist equivalent...
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We need to promote peace, and we can't do it by...
Here’s a link to a Facebook post by Camper Von Beethoven and Cracker founder David Lowery.
I reposted it on my Facebook page.
Then my brother-in-law (Conservative) replied with this link about left-wing hate speech (I’m liberal).
And I replied with the following:
“from the intro to the quotes your link provides: “Conservatives have been dealing with this kind of...
