January 2012
7 posts
Letter One. Paris. February 17, 1903
Things aren’t all so tangible and sayable as people would usually have us believe; most experiences are unsayable, they happen in a space that no word has ever entered, and more unsayable than all other things are works of art, those mysterious existences, whose life endures beside our own small,transitory life.
-Rainer Maria Rilke
A person isn’t who they were during your last conversation with them, but who...
–
Rainer Maria Rilke
(via leadingtone)
The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known...
– Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (via bernmatthews)
I’m not crazy about reality, but it’s still the only place to get a decent meal.
– Groucho Marx (via jaredgeller)
December 2011
30 posts
Love of mine some day you will die
But I’ll be close behind
I’ll...
– Death Cab for Cutie- “I Will Follow You Into The Dark”
Well, I looked my demons in the eyes
laid bare my chest, said “Do your...
– Ray Lamontagne- Empty
The greatest poetry is revealing to the reader the beauty in something that was...
– Neil deGrasse Tyson
(via literalefficiency)
I think there’s a God; I just don’t know if we invented him or not.
– Arlyce, in full laughter (via revawilliams)
You only live once. It should be epic.
– Me, on why I love epic films. (via thisismycrave)
Siri Argument: Don't drag her into this. →
This iPhone commercial is hilarious!
You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from...
– Jonathan Safran Foer
November 2011
27 posts
One reason I make sculpture is that I have stared long enough at the glowing...
– Edward Tufte, “Touchscreens have no hand” (via austinkleon)