December 2009
40 posts
“In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very...”
– Douglas Adams
“In the space between yes and no, there’s a lifetime. It’s the difference between...”
– Jodi Picoult, Change of Heart (via skyisland)
Alice in wonderland
Alice came to a fork in the road. ‘Which road do I take?’ she asked.
‘Where do you want to go?’ responded the Cheshire cat.
‘I don’t know,’ Alice answered.
‘Then,’ said the cat, ‘it doesn’t matter.’
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be...”
– Steve Jobs (via quote-book)
“The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside,...”
– Anne Frank (via quote-book) (via gatekeeper)
Desert Places
reluctantbuddha:
Snow falling and night falling fast, oh, fast In a field I looked into going past, And the ground almost covered smooth in snow, But a few weeds and stubble showing last.
The woods around it have it—it is theirs. All animals are smothered in their lairs. I am too absent-spirited to count; The loneliness includes me unawares.
And lonely as it is that loneliness Will be...
“Children seldom roam, even in the safest places. Because of their parents’ fear...”
– Rebecca Solnit in “A Field Guide to Getting Lost” (via flourhoneymilk)
“There is no distance in childhood: for a baby, a mother in the other room is...”
– Rebecca Solnit in “A Field Guide to Getting Lost” (via flourhoneymilk)
“The Wintu in north-central California, who don’t use the words left and right to...”
– Rebecca Solnit in “A Field Guide to Getting Lost” (via flourhoneymilk)
“How strange it is. We have these deep terrible lingering fears about ourselves...”
– Don DeLillo (via skyisland)
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The thing people forget is how good it can feel when you finally set secrets...”
– Meredith Grey (Grey’s Anatomy) (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)
“You know it’s been said that we just don’t recognize the significant moments of...”
– Nathan Scott (OTH) (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)
“Truth is, everybody is going to hurt you, you just gotta figure out who’s worth...”
– Bob Marley
“I was half in love with her by the time we sat down. That’s the thing about...”
– J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye (1945) (via writingsarah) (via quote-book)
“Everyone, at some point in their lives, wakes up in the middle of the night with...”
– ~ Lemony Snicket (Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can’t Avoid) (via gatekeeper)
“The best moments in reading are when you come across something - a thought, a...”
– Alan Bennett, The History Boys: The Film (via kari-shma) (via tacos) (via littlefists)
“I kept thinking how much my life in retrospect feels like the moments captured...”
– Adam Duritz (via julie911) (via quote-book)
“If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am....”
– The Perks of Being a Wallflower (via julie911) (via quote-book)
“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.”
– Dr. Seuss (via kari-shma)
“The days aren’t discarded or collected, they are bees
that burned with...”
– Pablo Neruda (via jennifurmarie) (via littlefists)