December 2011
49 posts
“There is no story that is not true, …The world has no end, and what is good...”
– Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (via getwonderfullylost)
“You live like this, sheltered, in a delicate world, and you believe you are...”
– Anais Nin (via psychotherapy) (via quote-book) (via suzywire) (via theyoungmachine)
“If he thinks he would harm Mirabelle, he would back away. But he does not yet...”
– Steve Martin, Shopgirl (via thoughtsdetained)
Facebook keeps you alive! →
When you upload a photo to Facebook from your last trip to NYC, you get excited. The excitement doesn’t come from clicking the mouse or commenting “I love shopping in NYC” on your keyboard. It comes from the feeling that in a few minutes (or hours) you’ll get the acknowledgement that you’re alive. When you know that people will see your photo and acknowledge your existence you feel alive. When...
“The movie had a message. It told me to enjoy my life while I was alive. ‘I...”
– tao lin, April (via artshouldnotbeperfect)
“‘It strikes me,’ he said at last, ‘that there’s a considerable amount of...”
– Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road (via thegroovylula)
“One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.”
– Chinua Achebe (1930- )
“Everything is more complicated than you think. You only see a tenth of what is...”
– Charlie Kaufman (via black-wolves)
“We have been sitting here all night bullshitting and we still don’t know what to...”
– Tao Lin, Shoplifting from American Apparel
“Sometimes people hold a core belief that is very strong. When they are...”
– Frantz Fanon (via poeticvision)
ACCELERATED PACES: Why Nigerians Should Support... →
acceleratedpaces:
Professor Chinua Achebe’s refusal to accept Nigeria’s second highest national honor, Commander of the Federal Republic (CFR) was an exemplary move that all honorable Nigerians should admire. Given the failure of the Nigerian government to render promises made since independence in 1960…
“Our ability to measure and apportion time affords an almost endless source of...”
– Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road (via melismatan)
“I think I would like to break all the secret records.
The one for most...”
– Tao Lin (via macksheehy)
“Being alone never felt right. Sometimes it felt good, but it never felt right”
– Charles Bukowski (via black-wolves)
“We need to acknowledge that we cannot know what it’s like to be an oppressed...”
– White Feminists: It’s Time to Put Up or Shut Up on Race (via fromonesurvivortoanother)
barelysarcasm:
letitride:
Ryan Adams & The...
