January 2011
“Do all the good you can, in all the ways you can, to all the souls you can, in...”
– John Wesley (via)
“With freedom, books, flowers, & the moon; who could not be happy?”
– Oscar Wilde (via)
I would add “best friends” to that list, too.
“All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.”
– Henry Ellis (via)
“Everyone knows that life can be like a rollercoaster. It can be crazy, it can be...”
– Jason Mesnick (via)
“That’s in part what sends me to writing stories—to balance out the usual and the...”
– Hortense Calisher (via)
“I want you always to remember me. Will you remember that I existed, and that I...”
– Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood (via)
“Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think.”
– Jean de la Bruyère (via)
“When you’re in love you never really know whether your elation comes from...”
– Natalie Clifford Barney (via)
“The biggest heartaches in my life have all been because I wanted people to love...”
– Dolly Parton (via)
“I grew up kissing books and bread.
In our house, whenever anyone dropped a...”
– Salman Rushdie, Is Nothing Sacred? (via)
“Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where they...”
– Henry David Thoreau (via)
“Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where they...”
– Henry David Thoreau (via)
Proposal
Let’s fall in love - In our mid-thirties It’s not only Where the hurt is.
I won’t get smashed up Should you go Away for weekends - We both know
No two people Can be completely All-sufficient. But twice weekly
We’ll dine together Split the bill, Admire each other’s Wit. We will
Be splendid lovers, Slow, well-trained, Tactful, gracefully Unrestrained.
You’ll keep your flat And I’ll keep...
“It is sometimes said that scientists are unromantic, that their passion to...”
– Carl Sagan (via)
“Falling in love could be achieved in a single word—a glance.”
– Ian McEwan, Atonement (via)
“Falling in love could be achieved in a single word—a glance.”
– Ian McEwan, Atonement (via)
WatchJoshua Radin — I’d Rather Be With You
I need to be bold, Need to jump in the cold water, Need to grow older with a girl like you. Finally see, you are naturally The one to make it so easy, When you show me the truth. Yeah, I’d rather be with you— Say you want the same thing too.
Been in love with this song for so long, had never seen the video. Thanks for passing it along, Tina.
“Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you...”
– Fyodor Dostoyevsky (via)
“Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public...”
– Cyril Connolly (via)
“Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public...”
– Cyril Connolly (via)
“I like to see people reunited, I like to see people run to each other, I like...”
– Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (via)
