November 2010
1 post
August 2010
3 posts
“San Francisco” by Gregory Alan Isakov
“i wake...
“Give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to...”
– Christian Larson
May 2010
3 posts
How To Become A Writer →
First, try to be something, anything, else. A movie star/astronaut. A movie star/ missionary. A movie star/kindergarten teacher. President of the World. Fail miserably. It is best if you fail at an early age - say, 14. Early, critical disillusionment is necessary so that at 15 you can write long haiku sequences about thwarted desire. It is a pond, a cherry blossom, a wind brushing against sparrow...
“It was as though love were a wine-bearer, filling the cups of their hearts to...”
– Reza Aslan, No god but God (via colporteur) (via quote-book)
April 2010
3 posts
How to Make the World A Better Place →
Regardless of the specifics, our lovers are finally beginning to see each other for who they really are – imperfect human beings. This is the turning point at which ‘falling in love’ ends and the test of ‘true love’ begins.
An enduring dedication – fulfilling promises by marching forward with one foot in front of the other, even when the going gets tough – is what true love is all about. And...
March 2010
5 posts
“I love you for what you are, but I love you yet more for what you are going to...”
– Carl Sandburg (via robot-heart)
“I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think...”
– Kurt Vonnegut
February 2010
6 posts
“You know we just don’t recognize the most significant moments of our lives while...”
– Field of Dreams (via julie911) (via quote-book)
Set Fire to the Third Bar - Snow Patrol ft. Martha...
How it began...
Someday, when I’m much much older, I hope I remember exactly how I feel right now.
“The moments when we feel uncertain about how to move forward, when we are...”
– http://www.marcandangel.com/
50 Questions That Will Free Your Mind →
A must read.
These questions have no right or wrong answers.
Because sometimes asking the right questions is the answer.
“There is only ever one answer to the question what did you do with your life,...”
– Marianne Wiggins - The Shadow Catcher
January 2010
9 posts
my oh my, so much has changed
December 2009
24 posts
“Look, in my opinion, the best thing you can do is find a person who loves you...”
– Juno
“See it’s this. It’s just sitting here together in a waiting room. Both of us...”
– Robert McAllister (via mascarah) (via petitepauline)
“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the...”
– Nietzsche
In the motions
And the things that you say
It all will fall,
Fall right into place
- Modest Mouse
The Happiness Project →
stumbled upon this - a blog dedicated to (surprise) being happy. A seemingly simple concept that happiness is something you should work for, strive for.
“I heard what you said. I’m not the silly romantic you think. I don’t want the...”
– Shana Abé (via quote-book)
“Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest of human beings...”
– Rilke - Letters to a Young Poet
“A child can always teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to...”
– Paulo Coelho - The Fifth Mountain
“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that...”
– Rachel Carson
I like.
afternoonsnoozebutton:
Freelance Whales -...
Lykke Li - Possibility
So tell me when you hear...
“Forget about all the reasons why something may not work. You only need to find...”
– Dr. Robert Anthony (via littlemiss)
