August 2010
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We can accept god becoming man to save man, but not man becoming god to save...
– Vernon Howard
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Address From One Place To Another, Sarah Manguso.
presidents:
Here. Is what it is because of where the speaker is standing.
Hades. Literally, “the unseen.”
The World. A metaphor lurching toward its thing.
Baffling Wind. A light wind that frequently shifts from one point to another.
Fame. Though not a jellyfish itself, looks as if it’s made of jellyfish.
Democracy. If enough people vote, any lake can become great.
Plastic Bags. Hang in the...
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Traveling alone
This question may be a bit too practical for your tastes. Perhaps mine also. But I am curious about your feelings on the safety of solo travel. I know that you are a traveler, really a traveler, not a tourer. Do you normally travel by yourself, or do you have friends with you? Because I would very much like to take a solo trip or fifty, and being a young girl like you I am a bit concerned about...
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citylightscountryskies asked: I suppose it would be stupid of me to ask you which post on your tumblr is your favourite or which one inspired you most, so, could you at least name the first one that comes to your mind when you think of all of them? :) And, of course, I would like to thank you for this blog of yours... It was a great inspiration to me, and the reason to start one of my own.
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Anonymous asked: About to start uni, doing art... I don't know if it's because I spend most of my days these holidays just looking at pictures online, but I don't seem to feel anything for art any more. and I have little motivation to create, my ability's gone to pot... I'm trying not to think about it as anxiety doesn't want to leave me alone. slight digression, I meant to ask, is...
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Why should I fear death
If I am, Death is not
If death is, I am not
Why...
– Epicurus
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Anonymous asked: why do you think people are always looking around trying to find themselves. when in reality you build yourself. you wont find anything underneath a table
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http://www.justalfie.blogspot.com
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http://www.justalfie.blogspot.com
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She wants to know if I love her, that’s all anyone wants from anyone else,...
– Jonathan Safran Foer
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A friend should always underestimate your virtues and an enemy overestimate your...
– Mario Puzo
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It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you...
– Henry Louis Mencken
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Time was passing like a hand waving from a train I wanted to be on. I hope you...
– Jonathan Safran Foer
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Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your...
– Franz Kafka
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People always think something’s all true.
– J.D. Salinger, Catcher in the Rye
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We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.
– Francois De La Rochefoucauld
July 2010
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Anonymous asked: what are some of your fav tumblrs?
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