February 2012
20 posts
I must read this book next.
“Do not whine… Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.”
—Joan Didion, Blue Nights
“Like most others, I was a seeker, a mover, a malcontent, and at times a stupid hell-raiser. I was never idle long enough to do much thinking, but I felt somehow that some of us were making real progress, that we had taken an honest road, and that the best of us would inevitably make it over the top. At the same time, I shared a dark suspicion that the life we were leading was a lost cause, ...
“I’m struck by how, except when you’re young, you really need to prioritize in...”
– “What I Talk About When I Talk About Running” -Haruki Murakami (via neeenya)
I remember standing in the japanese book store on 41st and 6th for almost an hour, unable to put this book down. its always such a treat to be able to tap into minds of the writers of extraordinary stories. I love coming...
ornithes:
“Both destiny’s kisses and its dope-slaps illustrate an individual person’s basic personal powerlessness over the really meaningful events in his life: i.e. almost nothing important that ever happens to you happens because you engineer it. Destiny has no beeper; destiny always leans trenchcoated out of an alley with some sort of Psst that you usually can’t even hear because you’re in...
“When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within...”
– Thich Nhat Hanh (via shrinkwrecks)
Giving Is sharing happiness.
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Giving Is… sharing happiness.
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confusion at its best.
“Love is by definition an unmerited gift; being loved without meriting it is the...”
– Milan Kundera, Slowness (via dianlovesit)
“Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.”
– Dalai Lama XIV (via ihatejackets)