July 2011
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Seduction in France →
I must hire a private coach to get rid of my chirpiness.
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Solitude
To discover the conscious mind in a world where intellect is held to be valuable requires solitude, quite a lot of solitude. We have been very strenuously conditioned against solitude. To be alone is considered to be a grievous and dangerous condition.
So I beg you to recall in detail any times when you were alone. You will find the fear that we have been taught is not one fear, but many...
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We should always remember that sensitiveness and emotion constitute the real...
– Maurice Ravel (via classicalliterature)
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Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it was sober,...
– Tom Robbins
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The way I define happiness is being the creator of your experience, choosing to...
– Leo Babauta (via kari-shma)
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The magazines have you forgetting how fucking beautiful you are.
– Dave Chappelle (via quote-book)
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Fire and Ice
Some say the world will end in fire; Some say in ice. From what I’ve tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice.
- Robert Frost
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Every positive change — every jump to a higher level of energy and...
– Dan Millman
via Art Propelled
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She must find a boat and sail in it. No guarantee of shore. Only a conviction...
– Jeanette Winterson (via kari-shma)
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What is etiquette? And why is it so important?
It’s important because we can’t stand the way that other people treat us. Although we want the right to be able to behave in any way we want. Somehow a compromise is in order, if you want to live in communities.
- From Q and A with Miss Manners via 3Quarks Daily
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WHAT YOU LOVE IS YOUR FATE
– Frank Bidart, from “Guilty of Dust” (via aubade) (via the-final-sentence)
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The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green...
– William Blake. Thank you, The Tao of Photography. (via crashinglybeautiful)
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Félicien Rops' drawings and etchings →
amare-habeo:via Gerirsh Fine Art
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