Aspiring Human

slaughterhouse90210: “That ‘writers write’ is meant to be...

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:34:02 -0500

“That ‘writers write’ is meant to be self-evident. People like to say it. I find it is hardly ever true. Writers drink. Writers rant. Writers phone. Writers sleep. I have met very few writers who write at all.”
—Renata Adler, Speedboat

My dilemma in a nutshell.

baliset: ain’t no party like a Gatsby party because a Gatsby party don’t stop until at least two...

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:33:36 -0500

baliset:

ain’t no party like a Gatsby party because a Gatsby party don’t stop until at least two people are dead and everyone is disillusioned with the jazz age as a whole

"The mystery of life isn’t a problem to solve, but a reality to experience."

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:21:42 -0600

“The mystery of life isn’t a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.”

- Frank Herbert, Dune (via liquidnight)

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Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:21:06 -0600

"When a person doesn’t have gratitude, something is missing, in his or her humanity. A person can..."

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:18:22 -0600

“When a person doesn’t have gratitude, something is missing, in his or her humanity. A person can almost be defined by his or her attitude toward gratitude.”

- Elie Wiesel (via zenhumanism)

Five facts about reading:

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:18:03 -0600

rumputsantoso:

Fact 1: Reading can make you a better conversationalist.

Fact 2: Neighbours will never complain that your book is too loud.

Fact 3: Knowledge by osmosis has not yet been perfected. You’d better read.

Fact 4: Books have stopped bullets - reading might save your life.

Fact 5: Dinosaurs didn’t read. Look what happened to them.

cokeflow: when I was like 6 i was at church with my family and I asked my mom how much longer until...

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:17:09 -0600

cokeflow:

when I was like 6 i was at church with my family and I asked my mom how much longer until it was over and she said 15 minutes so I counted to 60 fifteen times and it still wasn’t over and that’s why I don’t believe in god

Infallible logic.

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Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:49:05 -0600

lazyyogi: there’s so much empty space in the sky when the sun starts going down. space left bare by...

Sun, 25 Nov 2012 18:24:11 -0600

lazyyogi:

there’s so much empty space in the sky when the sun starts going down. space left bare by the leaves in the trees.

everything feels so much bigger when you can see your breath floating off into nothingness

"First, one must get to know oneself. Then, having become familiar with oneself, one can live one’s..."

Sun, 25 Nov 2012 18:20:58 -0600

“First, one must get to know oneself. Then, having become familiar with oneself, one can live one’s life more deeply. Living one’s life more deeply is the meaning of dharma.”

- Ogyen Trinley Dorje, “Intelligence & Investigation” (Tricycle Daily Dharma)

tylerknott: It’s so easy to fall in love with the big things,...

Sun, 25 Nov 2012 18:15:33 -0600

tylerknott:

It’s so easy to fall in love with the big things, the giant sunset views and the sweeping vistas of far-off mountains. It’s easy to fall in love with the thunderstorms and the grand lightning flashes. It’s another thing entirely, more work, more energy, more effort to fall in love with the individual raindrops, the miniature insects that fly-around unseen and unappreciated. Stop, stare, and give them the respect, adoration and awe that they deserve. Fall in love with the little things, and the big things will seem even bigger. I promise.

Crazy Bee Fly Macro On Daisy (by TylerKnott)

lazyyogi: Don’t allow the fear to overpower you, allow love to...

Sun, 25 Nov 2012 18:11:23 -0600

lazyyogi:

Don’t allow the fear to overpower you, allow love to overpower you. Love comes from the center, fear always comes from the periphery; don’t allow this periphery to be dominant.

Osho

Much needed.

Beautiful.

Sun, 25 Nov 2012 18:11:03 -0600

Beautiful.

BRITTICISMS: I thought about the novels of Marguerite Duras or Francoise Sagan or...

Sun, 25 Nov 2012 18:05:44 -0600

BRITTICISMS: I thought about the novels of Marguerite Duras or Francoise Sagan or...:

britticisms:

I thought about the novels of Marguerite Duras or Francoise Sagan or Jeanette Winterson. Their writing invokes an idea of love that is painful and all-consuming and torrential. I could relate without feeling those feelings. But then I felt something. Perhaps it was not love, but it was…

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Sat, 24 Nov 2012 18:40:50 -0600

tenthousandangels: this is so wonderful. I love this....

Sat, 24 Nov 2012 18:40:28 -0600

tenthousandangels:

this is so wonderful.

I love this. Eloquent.

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Sat, 24 Nov 2012 18:39:39 -0600

person: what's your favorite color

Sat, 24 Nov 2012 14:36:59 -0600

person: what's your favorite color
cole sprouse: How we perceive of color directly reflects us, as a human being, as a whole. one might say, Cole, color is but a mere aspect that contributes to a vivid description of what is currently seen through a person's retina. But I say, colors are much more than that, they are like transcendent creatures which are bound to emerge from an ethereal plane to something more palpable to merge with our bodies and gracefully caress our very souls. I study anthropology.

"Each person’s life – each lifeform, in fact – represents a world, a unique way in which the universe..."

Sat, 14 Jul 2012 11:04:07 -0500

“Each person’s life – each lifeform, in fact – represents a world, a unique way in which the universe experiences itself.”

- Eckhart Tolle

allthingseurope: Petrovac, Montenegro (by Daire Quinlan)

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 19:19:22 -0500

allthingseurope:

Petrovac, Montenegro (by Daire Quinlan)