February 2012
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If men could see us as we really are, they would be a little amazed; but the...
– Charlotte Brontë, Shirley (via frenchtwist)
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I am not eccentric. It’s just that I am more alive than most people. I am an...
– Edith Sitwell (via misswallflower)
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You want a physicist to speak at your funeral. You want the physicist to talk to...
– Aaron Freeman
“You Want A Physicist To Speak at your Funeral” (source: npr) This is one of the most lovely and comforting things I’ve ever read or heard about death and grieving, and I have been to more funerals than I can remember.
(via anachronistique)
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January 2012
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I came to the conclusion that ‘God’ is just the word ‘good’ with the ‘o’ taken...
– Paul McCartney (via suzywire)
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When Dostoevsky met Dickens in 1862 — a meeting that is hard to imagine —...
– Verlyn Klinkenborg, “The Whirling Sound of Planet Dickens” (via fwriction)
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Imagine him as a cruel villain with a cape and a mustache and a grand,...
– Alison, Hi.: The art of getting really dumped (via quotewhore)
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teachingliteracy:realkidsgoodbooks:washingtonpoststyle: Stephen Colbert interviews Maurice Sendak. This is the greatest interview in the history of “The Colbert Report.” (Go to our actual tumblog if you have trouble watching on the dashboard.)
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Anonymous Goes on Megaupload Revenge Spree: DoJ,... →
madamethursday:
inkstone:
Ahahaha, and here comes Anonymous into the fray!
I don’t always agree with Anonymous and what they do, but damn. This time, I can’t help but cheer a bit for them.
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I felt, that night, on that stage, under that skull, incredibly close to...
– Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (via halfstrippedtrees)
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everylovelysummersday asked: I used to follow you on Xanga and when you moved here I did as well. I miss all of those brilliant quotes you used to post on there. Thanks for introducing me to Tumblr!
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madame thursday: Sent to tumblr: →
madamethursday:
[TW: Examples of frequent, offensive use of the n-word in URL’s and other grossly anti-Black/racist rhetoric!]
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super-eklectic1:stfuconfederates:icingonthekaek: I’m about to write an post, as well as a guest post to a well-known…
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Nobody tells an actor, ‘you’re playing a strong-minded man’. We...
– Meryl Streep, on being told that she often plays “strong-minded women”. (via leahblaine)
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