February 2012
20 posts
Feb 6th
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Feb 6th
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“People change and forget to tell each other.”
– Lillian Hellman (via paperlover)
Feb 6th
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Feb 6th
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“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)
Feb 5th
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“Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp,...”
– Moby Dick; Herman Melville (via jgaskisanerd)
Feb 5th
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“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)
Feb 3rd
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Feb 3rd
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Feb 1st
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“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)
Feb 1st
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“Shall I be raised from death, the spirit asks. And the sun says yes. And the...”
– Louise Glück, from “Afterword” (via growing-orbits)
Feb 1st
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“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)
Feb 1st
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January 2012
91 posts
Jan 28th
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Jan 28th
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Jan 28th
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“When authorities warn you of the sinfulness of sex, there is an important lesson...”
– Matt Groening (Life in Hell)
Jan 28th
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“It wasn’t until I started reading and found books they wouldn’t let us read in...”
– John Waters (via booksquotesandreviews)
Jan 28th
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WatchWatch
npr: @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
Jan 28th
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“The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a persons conscience.”
– Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird (via amazinglinesinbooks)
Jan 25th
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Jan 23rd
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Jan 23rd
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Jan 23rd
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Jan 23rd
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Jan 23rd
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“The beauty of things must be that they end.”
– Jack Kerouac, Tristessa  (via honeyforthehomeless)
Jan 23rd
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Jan 23rd
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“Alive in the slippery moonlight, how easily you managed to hold yourself...”
– The Loss by Anne Stevenson (via growing-orbits)
Jan 23rd
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Jan 22nd
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Jan 22nd
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Jan 22nd
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Jan 22nd
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“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)
Jan 22nd
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“The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish...”
– Jim Hightower (via thesearepeopleyouknow)
Jan 22nd
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Jan 22nd
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Jan 22nd
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