October 2009
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“We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a...”
– W. Somerset Maugham (via)
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Death Cab for Cutie, Transatlanticism
The...
“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at...”
– Hellen Keller (via)
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“Our loved ones don’t make our lives, but loving them does.”
– Unknown (via)
“People disappeared, reappeared, made plans to go somewhere, and then lost each...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald (via)
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“To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in...”
– Madonna (via)
Samsonite Man.
In the past past month, I’ve been from Washington DC to Toronto to DC to Istanbul to DC to San Francisco and back to DC. In a few hours, I’m heading back to the airport to head out to Sydney.
Needless to say, I’m ready to stay in one place (here, please?) for a little while. Hoping to get some rest and lay down roots when I’m back in November.
“There are different species of laziness: Eastern and Western. The Eastern style...”
– Sogyal Rinpiche (via)
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All caps, honestly.
I received an email from a friend the other day, and while the entire message was pleasant and cheerful and made me smile, there was one bit that had such an impact on me that I feel compelled to share it here, unedited:
I THINK THAT YOU WOULD MAKE THE BEST TEACHER ON EARTH. HONESTLY. HONESTLY. HONESTLY. DO IT. I THINK THIS WORLD WOULD BE A BETTER PLACE IF YOU HELPED TO SHAPE THE MINDS OF OUR...
“Only a restless, broken heart can drive you to do what is necessary.”
– Jeffrey Zeldman
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“And the day finally came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful...”
– Anais Nin (via)
“Fiction is one of the few experiences where loneliness can be both confronted...”
– David Foster Wallace (via)
Guided. →
It took a trip to Istanbul and a tour guide at the Hagia Sofia to make me finally realize that perhaps the time had come for me to re-evaluate what I was doing with my life and really think about what I planned to be doing in the future.
Thank you, Barish, for asking the right questions.
(Read full post here.)
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“You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer...”
– Dr. Seuss (via)
“One day the sun admitted, I am just a shadow, I wish I could show you the...”
– Hafiz (via)
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Three things...
…to smile about this morning:
New Crane & Co stationery.
Julia’s coming to visit!
Sleeping in my own bed for the first time in weeks.
My oh my, it’s cold out. I think I may go get some cheese grits and hot tea from Founding Farmers this morning.
Accident
You all get out of your cars. You are alone in yours, and there are three teenagers in theirs, an older Camaro in new condition. The accident was your fault, and you walk over to tell them this.
Walking over to their car, which you have ruined, it occurs to you that if the three teenagers are angry teenagers, this encounter could be very unpleasant. You pulled into an intersection, obstructing...
WatchThe Coming of Fall, by Jamie Beck and Kevin Burg.
Absolutely perfect. (via)
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“Missing someone isn’t about how long it has been since you have seen them or the...”
– Anonymous (via)
“I like the stars. It’s the illusion of permanence, I think. I mean, they’re...”
– Neil Gaiman (via)
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Three things...
…to smile about this morning:
Being back in the same time zone.
Getting a Google Wave invite.
Making big and difficult decisions.
The air is biting this morning, cold, fragrant. I think autumn has finally heard my cries.
“Sometimes it’s important to work for that pot of gold. But other times it’s...”
– Douglas Pagels (via)
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“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: “What! You...”
– C.S. Lewis (via)
Zooey Deschanel - Sugar Town (via)
I got some...
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“I am back again, but I never left. I am here now always. I am love discovering...”
– Rumi (via)
“Naturally airline food is dismal when we compare it to what we’d get on...”
– Alain de Botton, The secret life of mile-high meals