April 2011
“What makes a book great, a so-called classic, is its quality of always being...”
– Lawrence Clark Powell (via prettybooks)
thebronzemedal:
Death Cab For Cutie ~ You Are A...
“I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge...”
– Kurt Vonnegut (via comateux)
Spun Around: Thinking on two glasses of wine,... →
thewidesteyes:
Thinking on two glasses of wine, thinking about people who are fleet, or confident enough to pluck those words from the air; you know the ones. Love. I’m sorry. I want this. I don’t want that. People who have the courage to leave, or to stay, or to do something unusual and the confidence to take…
This. This is perfect.
March 2011
“Yeah, it was pretty sweet - and I love the smell of books.. and beer.”
– Joshua Nguyen on Friday night’s event (via housingworksbookstore)
This person sounds like my soul mate.
You don’t love someone for their looks, or their...
- Oscar Wilde
“I am convinced that no one loses anyone,
because no one owns anyone.
That is...”
– Paulo Coelho (via loveyourchaos)
“I am convinced that no one loses anyone,
because no one owns anyone.
That is...”
– Paulo Coelho (via loveyourchaos)
Currently explaining to my father the intricacies of AIFF to MP3 file conversion and why I can’t download music to my iTunes from MySpace. This is kind of hilarious.
I ALREADY ATE A QUARTER OF THIS HUMMUS. AHH.
“That’s the duty of the old, to be anxious on behalf of the young. And the duty...”
– Librarian (Philip Pulman’s The Golden Compass, Book One of His Dark Materials)
RED PEPPER HUMMUS I MISSED YOU SO MUCH I’M SO GLAD WE’RE TOGETHER AGAIN.
OM NOM NOM.
“Worship power, you will end up feeling weak and afraid, and you will need ever...”
– Excerpt from DAVID FOSTER WALLACE’s “This Is Water” via YallaDeena
(via soupsoup)
“War is the acceptance of suffering and atrocity, and the sacrifice of decency...”
– Agnes Keith, a civilian internee of the Japanese during WWII (via demons)
I just downloaded SO MUCH new music.
Pheonix and The Big Pink and Fleet Foxes and Adele and Coconut Records and Bell x1.
Big thanks to Em-brenn for that last one.
Today is just so good.
You know, I’m not trying to seem like “that kind of girl” and all, because I want you to like me, but let’s be honest, I AM THAT KIND OF GIRL.
And you cannot come hang out in my room and show be Beatles videos and then be all “oh, my allergies” and fucking LEAVE.
REALLY?! REALLY?!?!?!?!?
WHAT THE FUCK?!
68.
lineone:
“I was the shadow of the waxwing slain By the false azure in the windowpane; I was the smudge of ashen fluff - and I Lived on, flew on, in the reflected sky.”
Pale Fire - Vladimir Nabokov
Obsessions I have that are Getting Out Of Hand.
George Harrison
Book Publishing
“I was thinking how amazing it was that the world contained so many lives. Out in...”
– Jeffrey Eugenides (via vaporeuse)
Little Bird Sings: Rape Culture 101 →
hipsteranonymous:
Rape Culture 101:
After I was date-raped, I had to explain to the authorities:
-what outfit I wore
-what I drank
-what I ate
-what I said
-if I crossed my legs
-how I laughed
-if I laughed
-the makeup I wore
-what underwear I wore
-who I talked to
-what bar I…
I’ve never been more glad that blogs, etc. exist than I am when it comes to issues of Rape...
I Verb That
dearoldlove:
Verbs are more difficult than nouns. If you can’t make me a noun, you’ll never have the capacity to verb me.
