December 2010
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I guess humans like to watch a little destruction. Sand castles, houses of...
– Markus Zusak (The Book Thief)
And it is easy to slip into a parallel universe. There are so many of them:...
– Susanna Kaysen, Girl Interrupted (via daniellekiemel)
And thus I clothe my naked villany
With odd old ends stol’n forth of holy writ,...
– Shakespeare, Richard III (via paxmachina)
Her mind lives in a quiet room,
A narrow room, and tall,
With pretty lamps to...
– Dorothy Parker; Interior
Her mind lives in a quiet room,
A narrow room, and tall,
With pretty lamps to...
– Dorothy Parker; Interior
I don’t hate people, I just feel better when they aren’t around.
– Charles Bukowski (via @johannal)
A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses...
– Rabindranath Tagore (via oceanofmind)
The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new.
– The opening line of “Murphy” - Samuel Beckett (via sinceileftu)
I moved my arms through the water, feeling them float on the surface, watching...
– The Red Tent, Anita Diamant (via fuckyeahliteraryquotes) (via iamhungryallthetime)
Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
– Oscar Wilde (via justbesplendid)