January 2012
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“You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase:...”
– Henri-Frédéric Amiel (via funeral)
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“In my mind I am eloquent; I can climb intricate scaffolds of words to reach the...”
– Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion (via suzywire)
happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story
“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts,...”
– Charles Bukowski (via burnthazel)
aikaye:
I became evil for no reason. I had no motive for my wickedness except wickedness itself. It was foul, and I loved it. I loved the self-destruction, I loved my fall, not the object for which I had fallen but my fall itself. My depraved soul leaped down from your firmament to ruin. I was seeking not to gain anything by shameful means, but shame for its own sake.
-Augustine of Hippo
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“Every day one should at least hear one little song, read one good poem, see one...”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (via myquotelibrary)
“I am an idealist. I don’t know where I’m going, but I’m on my way.”
– Carl Sandburg (via Swanfeather Songs)
Haruki Murakami: On seeing the 100% perfect girl...
jellyfishieee:
One beautiful April morning, on a narrow side street in Tokyo’s fashionable Harujuku neighborhood, I walked past the 100% perfect girl.
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