February 2011
“I can remember speaking to a 12-year-old boy, a football player, and I asked...”
– Shakesville: “My liberation as a man is tied to your liberation as a woman.”
(via slytherinsdragqueen)
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time to put on the bitch face and go do work.
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“Some courageous kangaroos do it”
– ► Let’s Do It - Cole Porter
michelle made me dinner. best wife ever.
now she’s shouting at the characters of roswell. roswell is dawson’s creek with alien teens, in case you were unaware.
January 2011
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ten commandments, gleaned from six years of...
No one has seen God, ever. But if we love one another, God dwells deeply within us, and his love becomes complete in us- perfect love!
First John Four
At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.
Lao Tzu
The secret of happiness is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
Socrates
Do not enjoy yourself....
“Te amo como se aman ciertas cosa oscuras,
secretamente, entre la sombra y el...”
– Pablo Neruda (via fuckyeahworldliterature)
entre la sombra y el alma
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“Death is not an evil, for it liberates from all evils, and if it deprives man of...”
– Giacomo Leopardi
The Floating Library
“I went out tonight and ate avocados and plantains and had absinthe rum cocktails...”
– this is the essence of the true, pure love that michelle and i share.
the moment when your best friend says very seriously, i will never have a better husband than you.
The Frenemy.: A Toast to Friends
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“We continue to carry these beliefs, often unconsciously, around with us...”
– The Trouble With Bright Girls | Psychology Today
“Researchers have uncovered the reason for this difference in how difficulty is...”
– The Trouble With Bright Girls | Psychology Today
wow i’m having some serious feelings/nostalgia/melancholy from re-reading all my common place books. i think its a sign to go to bed.
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“…love comes from God. Everyone who loves is born of God and experiences a...”
– first john four
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“There’s a debate in our culture about what really makes us happy, which is...”
– What the science of human nature can teach us, The New Yorker (via somethingchanged)
“You are free, so choose; in other words, invent. No general code of ethics can...”
– Jean-Paul Sartre (via human-voices)
“all of the creativity and free-ranging mobility that we have come to associate...”
– David Abrams, The Spell of the Sensuous
The Floating Library
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“And then there are the times when the wolves are silent and the moon is howling.”
– George Carlin (via silverfoxes)
weaveadream asked: My bff is too insecure to tell you, but she loves your blog and wants to be friends. We shall all hang on upon our return to the states.
Juss call me matchmaker.
Juss call me matchmaker.
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“Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human beings.”
– Heinrich Heine (via ohsoalix)
yeah but kindles? no one gives a fuck.
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“well, you got a free drink chip and a medical bracelet to show for your night.”
– live blogging the thirty pack might have been a bad idea.
update: i am lacking ground coffee and am going to...
guess who got a knock on the door at five in the...
this bitch needs coffee and waffles STAT.
tan-the-man asked: Sounds like a fun game, I've pretty much done the same thing, haha
“But now, scientists say that meditators… may be benefiting from changes in...”
– How Meditation May Change the Brain - NYTimes.com
“Slut-bashing is a cheap and easy way to feel powerful. If you feel insecure or...”
– [Leora Tanenbaum (Harper Paperbacks, 2000.): Slut! Growing Up Female with a Bad Reputation, p. 238.] (via dr-clear-heels)
i cringe when i hear women call other women sluts. makes me so angry.
(via femaletroubled)
It hurts my heart to hear anyone call a woman a slut, but it also makes me laugh...
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“Here is a “you” in which my “I” is reflected; here is where all distance is...”
– Stefan Zweig on reading Montaigne’s Essays
The Floating Library
“There are three possible parts to a date, of which at least two must be offered:...”
– Judith Martin (via contrive)