February 2012
20 posts
“People change and forget to tell each other.”
– Lillian Hellman (via paperlover)
“We had waited through so many lifetimes
for the stone to speak, wondered if
...”
– How the Stone Found Its Voice by Moniza Alvi (via growing-orbits)
“Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp,...”
– Moby Dick; Herman Melville (via jgaskisanerd)
“Some say you’re lucky
If nothing shatters it.
But then you wouldn’t...”
– Gregory Orr, from Concerning the Book That Is the Body of the Beloved (via growing-orbits)
“There are these: the blue
skirts of the ocean walking in now, almost
to the...”
– A Note Left on the Door by Mary Oliver, in Thirst (via growing-orbits)
“Shall I be raised from death, the spirit asks.
And the sun says yes.
And the...”
– Louise Glück, from “Afterword” (via growing-orbits)
“The real issue, of course, is not social media but learning. Specifically, the...”
– What Schools are Really Blocking When They Block Social Media (via world-shaker)
January 2012
91 posts
“When authorities warn you of the sinfulness of sex, there is an important lesson...”
– Matt Groening (Life in Hell)
“It wasn’t until I started reading and found books they wouldn’t let us read in...”
– John Waters (via booksquotesandreviews)
Watchnpr:
@nprfreshair:
Terry Gross was on The Colbert Report last night. If you missed it, you can watch the video here. Also, here’s a list of the interviews Stephen mentioned during their chat:
Grover Norquist on Fresh Air
Bill O’Reilly on Fresh Air
Stephen Colbert on Fresh Air
“The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a persons conscience.”
– Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird (via amazinglinesinbooks)
“The beauty of things must be that they end.”
– Jack Kerouac, Tristessa (via honeyforthehomeless)
“Alive in the slippery moonlight,
how easily you managed
to hold yourself...”
– The Loss by Anne Stevenson (via growing-orbits)
“There is no clear light,
no clear shadow, in remembering.
…
I’m here now,...”
– Pablo Neruda, from “There Is No Clear Light” (translated by A. Reid), in The Essential Neruda (via growing-orbits)
“The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish...”
– Jim Hightower (via thesearepeopleyouknow)
