March 2012
February 2012
“I must be a mermaid. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow...”
– Anaïs Nin (via blankpagesandinvisibleink)
“There was something immodest about her modesty: it announced itself.”
– Chimamandangozi Adichie, “Ceiling” (via thelifeguardlibrarian)
“But could you tell me, what is so terrible about stepping off the end of a...”
– Plainwater, Anne Carson (via kelsfjord)
“I wanted to tell you how you are beginning to be the one I can talk to. I don’t...”
– Sylvia Plath (via beatboxgoesthump)
Six types of Love
Eros
a passionate physical and emotional love based on aesthetic enjoyment; stereotype of romantic love
Ludus a love that is played as a game or sport; conquest; may have multiple partners at once
Storge an affectionate love that slowly develops from friendship, based on similarity
Pragma love that is driven by the head, not the heart
Mania obsessive love; experience great emotional highs...
“Maybe you don’t go to hell for the things you do. Maybe you go to hell for the...”
– Chuck Palahniuk (via thenocturnals)
“Poets are always taking the weather so personally.”
– J. D. Salinger (via mixtapesandtravelbags)
“So, now I shall talk every night. To myself. To the moon… I talk to myself and...”
– Sylvia Plath (via dreamofwhatcanbe)
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azaleadalen:
“I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.”
-Maya Angelou
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be...”
– Steve Jobs (via justbesplendid)
“Sure, we had to be skinny. I lived on Diet Coke and apples for two years. For...”
– Sylvia Plath (via modellesbians)
I is the total black
being spoken
from the earth’s inside.
There are many kinds of open
how a diamond comes
into a knot of flame
how sound comes into a word
colored
by who pays what for speaking
Some words are open
diamonds on a glass window
singing out within the crash
of passing sun
other words are stapled wagers
in a perforated book
buy and sign and tear apart
...
“Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to...”
– Buddha (via eternallyinthetardis)
“Nipples the colour of bare lips. She was made of flesh and eyelashes.”
– Leonard Cohen (via woefultale)
