June 2010
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Life is an art we are required to practice without preparation, a score that we...
– Lewis Mumford (via thornvn) (via mikefenton)
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I’ve learned that people will forget what you say to them, people will forget...
– Maya Angelou (via lionofbedstuy)
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Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept...
– Robert Frost (via wordpainting)
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I did my work slowly, drop by drop. I tore it out of me by pieces.
– Maurice Ravel (via musicophilia) (via shinyslingback) (via aperfectcommotion)
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Stop reading. Lean back. Give me your mouth...
…Your grace is as beautiful as a sleep. You move against me like a wave That moves in sleep. Your body spreads across my brain Like a bird-filled summer, Not like a body, not like a separate thing, But like a nimbus that hovers Over every other thing in all the world…
—When We with Sappho by Rexroth
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why have I spent so
much of my time witnessing
actors pretend things?
– from Movie by Norman Schwenk (via arsvitaest)
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Love happened at last,
And we entered God’s paradise,
Sliding
Under the skin...
– Pablo Neruda
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In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.
– Terry Pratchett (via wordpainting)
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There is no discovery without risk and what you risk reveals what you value.
– Jeanette Winterson (Submitted by: theloverstraces) (via quote-book) (via blankbook)
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Be mindful and let things take their natural course. Then your mind will become...
– Ajahn Chan (via beyondthemultiverse) (via sairaluvsu) (via blankbook)
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Envy is the religion of the mediocre. It comforts them, it soothes their...
– Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Angel’s Game
[Act One: City of the Damned]
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Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to...
– William Faulkner (via sealmaiden)
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The first draft reveals the art, revision reveals the artist.
– Michael Lee (via wordpainting)
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Look, Daniel. Destiny is usually just around the corner. Like a thief, a hooker,...
– Carlos Ruiz Zafón - The Shadow of the Wind
[Chapter 5: City of Shadows]
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