July 2011
1 post
May 2011
29 posts
Do things have beginnings, do you think? Or is a beginning only the first...
– Steven Millhauser, “History of a Disturbance” (via invisiblestories) (via teachingliteracy)
Strong
If there’s anything you’ve forced me to be,
It’s not smart.
It’s not considerate.
It’s not compassionate.
Those are things I’ve learned on my own.
You showed me that I needed to be strong.
I needed to be brave,
That was the only way
To teach myself the things
You haven’t learned yourself.
Static
Some people never change
that’s what they say
but that’s weird, because
no one
I have ever met
has ever stayed the same
Change\
Maybe
Maybe I don’t believe in karma
Maybe that was just bound to happen
Maybe you deserved it
Maybe she didn’t really care.
So why
Do I feel like my world
is breaking too.
Maybe I believe in karma.
She didn’t like to be talked about. Equally, she didn’t like not to be talked...
– The Children’s Book, A.S. Byatt (via fuckyeahliteraryquotes)
I'm sorry.
i feel bad for not caring if the world were to come crashing down around them. maybe just one.
i wouldnt wish it upon them.
it wouldnt bother me however.
April 2011
19 posts
Different but not less.
– Temple Grandin (2010)
if that were the only question, i wouldnt need an answer
what is sucess without failure? embrace everything that is, for it allows for the existence of something you cherish.
There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other,...
– Bertrand Russell (via pulcherrima-est-vitae)
February 2011
13 posts