January 2012
46 posts
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“In spite of illness, in spite even of the archenemy sorrow, one can remain alive...”
– Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
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“If only we’d stop trying to be happy we’d have a pretty good time.”
– Edith Wharton. This is a repeat but it’s awesome so I hope you don’t mind
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“The real marriage of true minds is for any two people to possess a sense of...”
– Edith Wharton, from her autobiography
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“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that...”
– Edith Wharton
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“And you’ll sit beside me, and we’ll look, not at visions, but at...”
– Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
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It's Edith Wharton's 150th birthday.
Once upon a time I was at a shipyard in Staten Island (putting lights on barges for a fashion show) (I mean OBVIOUSLY). There was a used bookstore on the long lonely walk from the shipyard to the ferry (so you can really evaluate many of the choices you made in life that led to this moment where you are taking this walk) and The House of Mirth was on a cart outside for like $0.75. So I bought...
“There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of...”
– Howard Thurman (via quote-book)
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Things no one tells you.
Things about other-parent are revealed:
Before:
“why are there dishtowels in the sink?”
“That’s your father. There are 3, too. Right? There are always three.”
“yep.”
After:
“There are three dishtowels in the sink. I’m on to you.”
“Every day reveals new reasons why women should gain greater individual and...”
– Lucy Burns (Washingthon Herald, 3/1/1914 page 6)
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“If you knew what was going to happen, if you knew everything that was going to...”
– Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin
“I’ve decided to purchase as many boxes as my modest budget will allow and donate...”
– Mara Morken, a lesbian stay-at-home mom in Fargo, North Dakota.
via Girl Scouts accepts transgender kid, provokes cookie boycott - CNN.com
I like Mara’s plan.
(via shooshee)
Some Girl Scout troops will also let you donate your order to U.S. military personnel overseas.
(via bluishorange)
“When someone you love dies, and you’re not expecting it, you don’t lose her all...”
– John Irving, A Prayer For Owen Meany (via ismycopilot)
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“probably for every man there is at least one city that sooner or later turns...”
– ― J.D. Salinger
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“She wasn’t doing a thing that I could see, except standing there, leaning...”
– J.D. Salinger
signing an email “in solidarity” will never fail to make me laugh.
this isn’t on twitter because my boss is on twitter.
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Stephen Hawking says:
Q: What do you think about most during the day?
A: Women. They are a complete mystery.
I find this somewhat disappointing for reasons entirely unclear to me.
Probably because I’m so mysterious.
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“If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.”
– Larry McMurtry, Some Can Whistle (via liquidnight)
“If we wait until we’re ready, we’ll be waiting for the rest of our lives.”
– Lemony Snicket (via 24ribs)
A very ordinary New York underworld. →
Over Complicating Winter Cycling →
viewsfromthebus:
really great thoughts on over spending on gear for winter riding
“Well, God give them wisdom that have it; and those
that are fools, let them use...”
– From Twelfth Night. Happy twelfth night.
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“And I can’t be running back and forth forever between grief and high...”
– ― J.D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey
“Man…. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he...”
– Dalai Lama (when asked “What thing about humanity surprises you the most?”)
Conversations with my little cousin Jesse.
Jesse: who is your mom?
Me: your great aunt Marilyn is my mom.
Jesse: oh. I didn't know.
[she thinks about it awhile]
So your dad is in heaven?
Me: yes. That's right.
Jesse: did you cry the day he died?
Me: yes, I cried a lot.
Jesse: my mom did too.
December 2011
33 posts
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6h057:
When you’re a snarky ass hole, sincerity is your weapon.
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“I am converting religions to whichever one doesn’t believe in The Nutcracker.”
– (via westsidetheaterfestival)
“And when you’re consoled (everyone eventually is consoled), you’ll be glad...”
– Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince (via liquidnight)