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jesseharding: Never regret thy fall,O Icarus of the fearless...

Sat, 11 May 2013 02:20:58 -0400

Never regret thy fall,
O Icarus of the fearless flight
For the greatest tragedy of them all
Is never to feel the burning light

being

Mon, 06 May 2013 20:36:00 -0400

being

is dying

by loving

to live in the world as it is

& save yr soul too

is a lot to do

tom clark, 1971

"The gods envy us. They envy us because we’re mortal, because any moment may be our last. Everything..."

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:12:00 -0400

“The gods envy us. They envy us because we’re mortal, because any moment may be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we’re doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.”

- Homer, The Iliad (via thatkindofwoman)

this is all i want right now

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 01:28:42 -0400

this is all i want right now

get lucky - daft punk covered by daughter

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 16:20:00 -0400

get lucky - daft punk covered by daughter:

Get Lucky (Daft Punk) Daughter

get lucky - daft punk covered by daughter

getting lucky is much more than the conventional idea of ‘getting laid’. it is much more than that. it is the kismet of meeting a stranger, one second with nothing at all in common besides geography, the next second, having everything in your world in common. it doesn’t have to be romantic, but sometimes maybe it is.

the kind of luck/fate/God’s will/what-have-you has happened to me several times, enough for me to realize the beauty of LUCK is out there, you just have to be OPEN TO IT

uno aprende

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 23:43:10 -0400

Después de un tiempo, uno aprende la sutil diferencia
entre sostener una mano y encadenar un alma;
Y uno aprende que el amor no significa acostarse
y que la compañía no significa seguridad;
Y uno empieza a aprender que los besos no son contratos
y los regalos no son promesas;
Y uno empieza a aceptar sus derrotas con la cabeza alta y los ojos abiertos;
Y uno aprende a construir todos sus caminos en el hoy,
porque el terreno de mañana es demasiado incierto para planes
y los futuros tienen una forma de caerse en la mitad.
Y después de un tiempo uno aprende que si es demasiado
hasta el calorcito del sol quema.
Así que uno planta su propio jardín y decora su propia alma,
en lugar de esperar a que alguien le traiga flores.
Y uno aprende que realmente uno puede aguantar,
que uno realmente es fuerte,
que uno realmente vale,
y uno aprende y aprende…
y con cada día uno aprende.

-jorge luis borges

literaryjukebox: Mad Girl’s Love SongI shut my eyes and all...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:49:19 -0400

literaryjukebox:

Mad Girl’s Love Song

I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead;
I lift my lids and all is born again.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)

The stars go waltzing out in blue and red,
And arbitrary blackness gallops in:
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.

I dreamed that you bewitched me into bed
And sung me moon-struck, kissed me quite insane.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)

God topples from the sky, hell’s fires fade:
Exit seraphim and Satan’s men:
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.

I fancied you’d return the way you said,
But I grow old and I forget your name.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)

I should have loved a thunderbird instead;
At least when spring comes they roar back again.
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)

Sylvia Plath in The Bell Jar

Song: “Blue Moon” by Snowblink

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my friend gabby captured the beauty of a spring break staycation...

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 02:46:00 -0400

my friend gabby captured the beauty of a spring break staycation daycation

literaryjukebox: The aim of life is to live, and to live means...

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 10:06:55 -0500

literaryjukebox:

The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware. In this state of god-like awareness one sings; in this realm the world exists as poem.

Henry Miller in The Wisdom of the Heart

Song: “Do the Joy” by Air

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Photo

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 21:56:54 -0500

latimes: Remembering Sylvia Plath: Fifty years ago today,...

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 02:38:05 -0500

latimes:

Remembering Sylvia Plath: Fifty years ago today, Plath, now a titan of literature, killed herself in a tragic end to a talent appreciated far too belatedly.

Just a month earlier, Plath’s now-classic novel “The Bell Jar,” had been published under a pseudonym in England, but it wasn’t until the 1965 posthumous publication of her poetry collection “Ariel,” and the 1971 U.S. release of “The Bell Jar,” that a wide audience realized what had been lost when the 30-year-old Plath resigned from her tumultuous life.

Read our own Carolyn Kellogg’s reflection on Plath’s legacy, or
read more of Plath’s work over at the Poetry Foundation.

(Photo via Faber and Faber / Los Angeles Times)

literaryjukebox: Anything one man can imagine, other men can...

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 10:46:41 -0500

literaryjukebox:

Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.

Jules Verne in Around the World in Eighty Days

Song: “Dreams So Real” by Gary Burton Quintet

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saw a little boy wear this t-shirt @ quack’s today and it...

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 21:00:34 -0500

saw a little boy wear this t-shirt @ quack’s today and it intrigued me and then i found this great cause: viva la bicicleta

love it.

"The writing is an explosion of 18 years of reading."

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 11:17:19 -0500

“The writing is an explosion of 18 years of reading.”

- Zadie Smith, echoing Jennifer Egan’s advice on the relationship between reading and writing. Complement with Smith’s 10 rules of writing and more famous advice on writing. (via explore-blog)

Photo

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 11:13:51 -0500

On Women and War - Liberia/Vietnam/El Salvador edition

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 11:11:18 -0500

On Women and War - Liberia/Vietnam/El Salvador edition

“Classy Girls” - The Lumineers Classy girls...

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 02:55:32 -0500

“Classy Girls” - The Lumineers

Classy girls don’t kiss in bars, you fool

Audio

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 01:24:00 -0500

At BJ Oldies Antique shop

Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:37:53 -0500

At BJ Oldies Antique shop

Tons of records at BJ Oldies Antique shop in Houston

Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:35:00 -0500

Tons of records at BJ Oldies Antique shop in Houston