August 2008
16 posts
“When a thing is done, it’s done. Don’t look back. Look forward to your next...”
– George C. Marshall (via thresca)
“You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally...”
– Dr. Seuss (via himandher)
(via align)
(via lovelessramblings)
“Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get.”
– Anonymous (via anonymousami)
“It does not matter how slow you go so long as you do not stop.”
– Confucius. (Everytime I see this on the customize page I grin) (via into)
“One cannot be angry when one looks at a penguin”
– John Ruskin (via)
Words to live by.
(via thatguyben)
“Be kind to everyone. You may not be able to save a person,
but at least you...”
– Chloe Higashida (via alphabetpony)
musicbrain:
Just create something. Babies, orgasms, art, music, grilled cheeses, anything that makes you trust that it will be good when you come again.
Placebos.
“Separate the ones who know you from the ones who couldn’t bother to see you for...”
– tilly and the wall - i always knew (via marybethsc) (via ridiculouslyluscious) (via missbrightside) (via laceymae) (via kathlellen)
“What I know is, is that if you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you,...”
– Oprah Winfrey (via meghanasha) (via mdfsmash)
“Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life. Aim above...”
– Henry David Thoreau (via thresca) (via whatson)
July 2008
26 posts
“People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed,...”
– Sam Levenson
The Daily Siege
(via luxuriousvulgarity)
NY Girl of my dreams update
patrickmoberg:
Until now I’d sort of been quiet about what happened with Camille because I loved the idea of people making their own endings to our unusual story. Recently Cam talked to some Melbourne papers, so I thought I’d say a few words. Camille is one of the most kind and amazing people I’ve come across in my lifetime. It’s sad things didn’t work out, but you can’t force these things,...
“let’s imagine we’re flight attendants going to london.”
– coworker, as she rolls her suitcase out the door. (via ineedtoo)
“But then I ate some cookies and I thought: It’s ok.”
– Keith Gessen (via nickdouglas) (via scout) (via iwannaholdyourhand)
“One can live at a low flame. Most people do. For some, life is an exercise in...”
– Diane Ackerman
Sent by reader Aja, who added, “I’ve only been following your life for about a year, but the changes I’ve seen have been amazing. Don’t be afraid to let that part of you shine through, the part that is a fighter, it is that part of you which inspires.”
I needed to hear that. Thank...
25 Internet Startups That Bombed Miserably →
tmblg: (via willw)
“Growing up is never easy. You hold on to things that were. You wonder what’s to...”
– The Wonder Years (http://thinkexist.com) (via danawood) (via emilyposts)
I remember hearing those words like it was yesterday.
(via soupsoup)
“In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next...”
– Theodore Roosevelt (via onherway)
“A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in...”
– Bob Dylan (via anomieanonymous)
“Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted.”
– Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
“Sometimes you’ve got to let everything go - purge yourself. If you are unhappy...”
– Tina Turner (via misscedar) (via zaftig)
“Life is full of choices, if you have the guts to go for it.”
– Henry Rollins (via thresca) (via whatson)
“Some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle and end. Life is about not...”
– Gilda Radner (via riotrepublic)
For a friend who hates their dark side:
riotrepublic:
You were not born a butterfly or a daisy. You were born at the top of the food chain, and innocence isn’t an option. You don’t get to be perfect. You don’t get to be pure. You don’t get to live in a world where everything you do is righteous and respectable. That’s not this world, and maybe not even the next. But along with your opposable thumbs you were given the ability to...
“I’m selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of...”
– Marilyn Monroe (via whateverlolawants)
“Loving someone means taking the risk that they might fuck up your nicely ordered...”
– Mark Haddon, A Spot of Bother (via into) (via jessicap) (via seriouslythough)
Because love is messy, but if you do it right it’s absolutely worth it and full of great stories regardless if the relationship lasts or fails miserably.
“Before you end it all, let’s go surfing in Tahiti shall we?”
– Nick Caprio (via hipsterdiet)