July 2011
“At the coffeehouse, I’m known as yogurt and granola.
At the supermarket, I’m...”
– Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz, “simulacrum” (via grammatolatry)
“Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings — always darker, emptier, simpler.”
– Nietzsche (via tokyoandkyoto)
“Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won’t...”
– Louise Erdrich (via -wwhiskers)
“We abide by cultural directives that urge us: clarify each thought, each...”
– Richard Foreman, quoted by Maggie Nelson in The Art of Cruelty (via invisiblestories)
“In matters of love, one must not fear, as in ordinary life, merely the future,...”
– Marcel Proust (via fuckyeahproust)
“There is a reason playful wrestling can lead to passionate kissing, why a great...”
– Misattribution of Arousal — You Are Not So Smart
This article is FANTASTIC. Seriously, read it and experience a whole shit-ton of insight.
(via onehundredpercent)
rare words
omgitsbethany:
acosmist - one who believes that nothing exists paralian - a person who lives near the sea aureate - pertaining to the fancy or flowery words used by poets dwale - to wander about deliriously sabaism - the worship of stars dysphoria - an unwell feeling aubade - a love song which is sung at dawn eumoirous - happiness due to being honest and wholesome mimp - to speak in a prissy...