December 2011
93 posts
“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes.
Because if you are making...”
– Neil Gaiman (via drinkyourjuice)
John Mayer // In your atmosphere
I don’t...
Someday, you're going to meet someone who is going...
“…The ancient Sanskrit legends speak of a destined love, a karmic...”
– Gregory David Roberts, Shantaram
Melissa writes:: 10 Ways to Love Others →
melissawrites:
1. Tell them about their brilliance. They likely can’t see it and they don’t know its immensity, but you can see it, and you can illuminate it for them. 2. Be authentic, and give others the gift of the real you and a real relationship. Ask your real questions. Share your real beliefs. Go for…
Has any book ever genuinely offended you?
I’m just curious :)
apio: The problem with sitting across a table from... →
apio:
is that suddenly, inexplicably, you know everything about him. How he’d never hold your hand except in private. How you’d both be morning people, and discuss the news (Boston Globe for him, New York Times for you) over coffee and toast. How he’d heatedly disagree with you then mention your age to…
apio: Calling me "cutie" is right up there with... →
What is that? No really, what is that? Where did that even come from? It started around freshman year of college, and at first I was like hawhaw that’s cute in an I-hope-you’re-being-ironic kind of way, but no, more boys are actually seriously calling me cutie in earnest. You guys, did I miss…
apio:
Sometimes I don’t feel like a person. More like a puff of smoke—a hundred different shapes then, gone.
Thought catalog: things a person is not →
A person is not a prize. You can’t earn or win them by being good enough, fast enough, smart enough or special enough. You can’t keep them on the mantle to remind you of how good, fast, smart or special you were. They do not prove your worth.
“I’m teaching Ted how to live. I’m like Yoda, only instead of little...”
– NPH, How I Met Your Mother
tonight, my heart hurts.
Gay community apologizes to Minnesota Majority... →
drinkyourjuice:
Everything about this is gourmet.
“Does it break my heart, of course, every moment of every day, into more pieces...”
– Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (via quote-book)
sh-elle-y: Things I learned about dating that I... →
apio:
As someone whose personal life has very recently gone from this to like, existing, I discovered some things about myself and the whole going-on-dates thing that I felt worth sharing. They’re based on my personal preference (so, let’s say, the personal preference of a curmudgeonly…
“All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave...”
– Anatole France (via girlwithoutwings)
Musings of a Madman: I don't mean to brag... →
mickeyrez:
But…
I am tired. I have dreams that are, quite possibly, bigger than what is actually possible in my lifetime. I want desperately for people who think I’m a bother to want to talk with me. Because I have cool things to say, apparently. And maybe I just want a friend?
But all of that is moot,…
MIKEY GOT HIS SWAAAAAAAG ONNNNNN
“No matter what they wish for, no matter how far they go, people can never be...”
– Haruki Murakami, Blind Willow Sleeping Woman (Birthday Girl)
“Zest is the secret of all beauty. There is no beauty that is attractive without...”
– Christian Dior (via bunnyyouremine)
Women's College Problems #381
womenscollegeproblems:
Are we grabbing dinner, or are we grabbing dinner?
“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that...”
– Albert Camus (via girlwithoutwings)
“When you’re cold, don’t expect sympathy from someone who’s warm.”
– One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (via quote-book)
themusiclibrary:
Alive with the Glory of Love -...
