September 2011
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It's my birthday today and I have never been...
Each year it gets better and better.
And I think to myself, how can it possibly not? :-)
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Food for thought
Even if opposites attract, will they be able to last?
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Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that...
– Rachel Carson (via danseurs)
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I know myself only insofar as I am inherent in time and in the world, that is, I...
– Maurice Merleau-Ponty, The Phenomenology of Perception, trans. Colin Smith (via senseofchampagnechic)
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“When someone is crying, of course, the noble...
Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can’t Avoid
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We are now alone in space with the moon, which looks like another balloon...
– Guy de Maupassant, from “The Trip of Le Horla,” trans. Albert McMaster (via proustitute)
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Awe is everywhere, we just don’t always perceive it.
– Alain De Botton (Thank you, therespendentvagabond.)
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Fake Books I Asked Librarians for: →
beenthinking:
From the Hairpin, By E.A. Weiss:
Don’t Tell Me to Quiet Down: A Story of Revenge How to Burn Books Without Getting Yourself Burned Embezzlement: I Know You’re Doing It Discussing Great Books With Your New Librarian Flirting 101 What to Do With All of That Extra Money You Have Extreme Kama Sutra: For People Who Already Know All of the Other Stuff How to Ask a Cute Librarian On a...
Anonymous asked: what do you see yourself doing in future
Anonymous asked: Birthday plans?
Anonymous asked: Coffee or tea
Anonymous asked: Which book are you reading now?
Anonymous asked: What would you do if the person you have feelings for doesn't feel the same?
Anonymous asked: how often do you see the person you like?
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Love is a sign of our wretchedness.
– Simone Weil, Gravity and Grace, trans. Emma Crawford (via proustitute)
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