October 2011
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September 2011
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“When your religion is not helping you to become a better human being, that...”
– Immortal Technique
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“In the illusion, […] the object is not denied, only displaced, moved...”
– Clément Rosset
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“For him that stealeth, or borroweth and returneth not, this book from its owner,...”
– http://nyti.ms/oDsCBl
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Watchrobotscrytoo:
Who’s Afraid of Mr Greedy ? (by maxime mary)
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Romare Bearden Stamps : USPS →
I just got these in the mail today, and I’m really looking forward to using them - they’re beautiful. I didn’t know who he was until I went shopping online for stamps ! Let’s keep the USPS and quality art in business, people ! :)
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The Tree of Life →
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“Pain is a part of life. Sometimes it’s a big part, and sometimes it isn’t, but...”
– Jim Butcher (via slekes)
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“If you can approach the world’s complexities, both its glories and its horrors,...”
– Daniel C. Dennett (via decrepito)
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“I came to think that maybe God was what you believed in because you needed to...”
– A Wolf at the Table, Augusten Burroughs (via effyeahliteraryquotes)
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“The nature of the mind is such that if certain mental qualities are developed on...”
– Dalai Lama
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“Don’t be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life. You don’t have to live...”
– Tuck Everlasting, Natalie Babbitt (via effyeahliteraryquotes)
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“You know what I can’t understand? You have all these people telling you all the...”
– David Nicholls (via slekes)
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“You don’t love someone because they’re perfect, you love them in spite of the...”
– My Sister’s Keeper, Jodi Picoult (via effyeahliteraryquotes)
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Is Junk Food Really Cheaper? →
It’s a myth that chips are cheaper than broccoli. They’re not. So what’s stopping people from eating more healthfully?
This is an excellent article - concise, well-argued, and amusing. Read it !
Rick Santorum's quip on DADT →
“The shocking silence on the stage — the fact that no one challenged this outrage — also tells me that this kind of [homophobic] slur is not regarded as a big deal.”
Things are in a sad state, and everyone should remind himself/herself that silence is assent. Close your ears to the screaming for a moment to listen to the silence, far more eloquent than the words on this page.
The Sun Never Says
After
All this time
The sun never says to the earth,
“You owe
Me.”
Look what happens
With a love like that,
It lights the
Whole
Sky.
~ Hafiz, The Gift. Trans. Daniel Ladinsky.
Looking for Good Fish
Why complain about life
If you are looking for good fish
And have followed some idiot
Into the middle of the copper market ?
Why go crazy
If you are looking for fine silk
And you keep rubbing your hands against
Burlap and hemp sacks ?
If your heart really needs to touch a face
That is filled with abundance
Then why didn’t you come to this
Old Man sooner ?
For my...
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“Don’t tell me I’m not sensitive to beauty. That’s my Achilles’ heel, and don’t...”
– Franny & Zooey, J.D. Salinger (via effyeahliteraryquotes)
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“The artist must be blind to distinctions between ‘recognized’ and ‘unrecognized’...”
– Wassily Kandinsky (via etceterablog)
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“I feel a little like the moon who took possession of you for a moment then...”
– Delta of Venus, Anais Nin (via effyeahliteraryquotes)
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“If she favors you, love her. If she wounds you, love her. If she tears your...”
– Great Expectations, Charles Dickens (via effyeahliteraryquotes)
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