February 2012
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“There is no stability in this world. Who is to say what meaning there is in...”
– Virginia Woolf,The Waves. (via fuckyeahvirginiawoolf)
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archaeosaur:
social anxiety is when successfully ordering a pizza over the phone makes you feel like a fucking champion
The biggest photo of the night sky ever taken. →
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“Today is the beginning of Lent. And I’m giving up apologizing.”
– Conor Oberst (source)
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The Penalty for Bigamy Is Two Wives
I don’t understand how Janis Joplin did it, how she made her voice break out like that in hives of feeling. I have a friend who writes poems who says he really wants to be a rock star- the high-heeled boots, the hand-held mike, the glare of underpants in the front row, the whole package. He says he likes the way music throws you back into your body, like organic food or heroin. But when he sings...
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“I don’t mean to be rude about your cardigan but, it’s not what I’d call a...”
– David Mitchell: The Unbelievable Truth, Series 5 Episode 1 (via thehootowlofdeath)
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Mark Twain's letter to the man that tried to sell...
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Nov. 20. 1905 J. H. Todd 1212 Webster St. San Francisco, Cal. Dear Sir, Your letter is an insoluble puzzle to me. The handwriting is good and exhibits considerable character, and there are even traces of intelligence in what you say, yet the letter and the accompanying advertisements profess to be the work of the same hand. The person who wrote the advertisements is without doubt the...
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“You’re not sorry to go, of course. With people like us our home is where we are...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald (via tarrinj)
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Wislawa Szymborska, 'Mozart of poetry', dies aged... →
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