August 2011
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“The music a boy would laugh
at until it went out
and days began and ended...”
– Philip Levine, from “I Won, You Lost”
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“[‘The air will tell us,’ Miss Trevelyan said.]
By which time she had grown...”
– Patrick White, Voss (via the-final-sentence)
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“[There are openings in our lives
of which we know nothing.]
Through them
the...”
– Jane Hirshfield, from “The Envoy” (via the-final-sentence)
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“[“Merry Christmas,” he said, smiling at me. He pulled the plugs apart.] And...”
– You Better Not Cry by Augusten Burroughs (thank you, hourglasss)
surprisinglycontent asked: So there's this clarinet girl here. Her name is Kara, and she looks JUST LIKE YOU with slightly less curly hair. Actually, a lot less curly. But you two are related, even though she says you are not. You should come meet her as an excuse to see me :D
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Sometimes after I turn off the shower
I just stand there waiting for some magnificent realization.
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“[I only know
that something held me back,
a doubt, a debt, a face I could not...”
– I Was Always Leaving by Jean Nordhaus (adapted from blogut)
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“It is very frustrating not to be understood in this world. If you say one thing...”
– Lemony Snicket (via forevertori)
Anonymous asked: This salt gets an A+ because it's saltiness is satisfactory. This salt gets a D- because it's consistency is poor. This salt gets a B because it is proficient.
surprisinglycontent asked: THE HOLBERG O_O so amazing
“You’ll never hear the wolf cry to the blue corn moon.”
– Beethoven’s doctor, to Beethoven (via historysaidwhat)
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“I said to myself, Jesus Christ, this fucking stuff is just too much. It is so...”
– Philip Levine on Whitman’s “Song of Myself” (via lesmotsjustes)
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surprisinglycontent asked: KATIE
Hi, it's Vinny. Sooo I just got my new laptop, and I want to fill it with some lovely classical music, but I don't know what to add.
It's been far too long since our classical-fests.
Any suggestions? :)
~Vinny~
Hi, it's Vinny. Sooo I just got my new laptop, and I want to fill it with some lovely classical music, but I don't know what to add.
It's been far too long since our classical-fests.
Any suggestions? :)
~Vinny~
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thesaltwaternight:
The English homophone eutopia, derived from the Greek εὖ (“good” or “well”) and τόπος (“place”), signifies a double meaning: “good place” and “no place”.
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“I tell my piano the things I used to tell you.”
– Frédéric Chopin x (via enchanting)
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“What is that
you express in your eyes?
It seems to me more than all the print...”
– Walt Whitman, from: “Leaves of Grass.” (via watercolournights) 