August 2012
101 posts
“Thus I progressed on the surface of life, in the realm of words as it were, never in reality. All those books barely read, those friends barely loved, those cities barely visited, those women barely possessed! I went through the gestures out of boredom or absent-mindedness. Then came human beings; they wanted to cling, but there was nothing to cling to, and that was unfortunate—for them. As for me, I forgot. I never remembered anything but myself.”
—― Albert Camus, The Fall
“Sometimes while I ride the subway I try to look at each person and imagine what they look like to someone who is totally in love with them. I think everyone has had someone look at them that way, whether it was a lover, or a parent, or a friend, whether they know it or not. It’s a wonderful thing, to look at someone to whom I would never be attracted and think about what looking at them feels like to someone who is devouring every part of their image, who has invisible strings that are connected to this person tied to every part of their body. I think this fun pastime is a way of cultivating compassion. It feels good to think about people that way, and to use that part of my mind that I think is traditionally reserved for a tiny portion of people I’ll meet in my life to appreciate the general public. (Dean Spade)”
—Spade, D. For Lovers and Fighters. http://www.makezine.enoughenough.org/newpoly2.html (via glitterpolitic)
“Minimalism is not a style, it is an attitude, a way of being. It’s a fundamental reaction against noise, visual noise, disorder, vulgarity. Minimalism is the pursuit of the essence of things, not the appearance.”
—Claudio Silvestrin (via whereisthecoool)
“I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I’m awake.”
—Ernest Hemmingway
real friendship ♥
- Spongebob: What will you do when I'm gone?
- Patrick: Wait until you come back.
Bearing Water: How to: Get an Aquarius To Do Something →
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- Don’t tell them to do it because “everyone else is” and they’ll be left out if they don’t. It will only give them extra motivation not to do it. Aquarians don’t mind being the “odd one out” — they actually prefer it.
- Tell them they can’t do something or that it’s highly unlikely, next to…
