April 2012
89 posts
“Nothing is permanent. Especially people. Strangers become friends. Friends...”
– - megan mccafferty
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& everyone's still caught in the rain
after going out last night & seeing old, familiar faces…
i am perfectly happy staying in/watching sports/reading a good novel/writing/making clothes/etc.
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“It’s like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.”
– haruki murakami
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beauty
n. The power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.
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Jack Kerouac’s List of 30 Beliefs and Techniques...
Scribbled secret notebooks, and wild typewritten pages, for yr own joy
Submissive to everything, open, listening
Try never get drunk outside yr own house
Be in love with yr life
Something that you feel will find its own form
Be crazy dumbsaint of the mind
Blow as deep as you want to blow
Write what you want bottomless from bottom of the mind
The unspeakable visions of the individual
No...
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“No matter how hard the past, you can always begin again.”
– buddha
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alternative living
Feelin’ a bit like Thoreau in 1845.
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“What is the victory of a cat on a hot tin roof? Just staying on it I guess, as...”
– tennesse williams
The Dalai Lama’s 18 Rules for Living →
Take into account that great love & great achievements involve great risk.
When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
Follow the three Rs: -Respect for self -Respect for others -Responsibility for all your actions.
Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck
Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
Don’t let a little dispute injure a...
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“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of...”
– plato
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“Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”
– red auerbach
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Magnets
Oh, magnets
I think you’re really attractive
Am I attracted to you,
Or is it you who is attracted to me?
MAGNETS.
“The Universe story is the quintessence of reality. We perceive the story. We put...”
– thomas berry
“i don’t care what people think. I fell in love with you. Not people.”
– http://www.iwrotethisforyou.me/
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“1. Accept everything just the way it is. 2. Do not seek pleasure for its own sake. 3. Do not, under any circumstances, depend on a partial feeling. 4. Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world. 5. Be detached from desire your whole life long. 6. Do not regret what you have done. 7. Never be jealous. 8. Never let yourself be saddened by a separation. 9. Resentment and complaint are...
“Forgive me,
For I did not know.
‘Cause I was just a boy
And you were so much...”
– Hedwig and the Angry Inch | Wicked Little Town (Tommy Gnosis Version)
“if you can allow yourself to accept and enjoy someone for who they are, without...”
– bill russell
Live Below the Line →
May 7th - 11th
The challenge? Spend 5 days feeding yourself with $1.50 a day – the US equivalent of the extreme poverty line.
The reason? To give a glimpse into the lives of 1.4 billion people who have no choice but to live below the line every day – and who have to make $1.50 cover a lot more than food
Live Below the Line is a campaign that’s changing the way people think about...
