January 2011
60 posts
SORRY. BLOGGER CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE MAKING...
THE WEEK OF WRATH.
“Pray, and let God worry”
– Martin Luther
“Sometimes you wake up. Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes, when you...”
– Neil Gaiman
CocoRosie and Yasmine Hamdan | The Moon Asked The...
“I have noticed that even people who think everything is predestined and that we...”
– Stephen Hawking
Stabat Mater
When my body dies, let my soul be...
People by Charles Bukowski →
look at the people: elbows, knees,
earlobes, crotches, feet,
noses, lips, eyes, all the parts
usually clothed, and they are
engaged
in whatever they usually do
which is hardly ever
delightful,
their psyches stuffed with
used matter and propaganda,
advertising propaganda, religious
propaganda, sexual propaganda,
political propaganda, assorted
propagandas, and they
themselves are
...
20 Untranslatable Words from Around the World →
somebeautifulplace:
1. Toska
Russian – Vladmir Nabokov describes it best: “No single word in English renders all the shades of toska. At its deepest and most painful, it is a sensation of great spiritual anguish, often without any specific cause. At less morbid levels it is a dull ache of the soul, a longing with nothing to long for, a sick pining, a vague restlessness, mental throes, yearning....
“A witty saying proves nothing.”
– Voltaire
“Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital...”
– Martin Luther King, Jr. (via paxmachina)
“Instead, she was practicing speeches. Long, beautiful speeches all designed to...”
– Bella Bathurst - Special
