January 2011
40 posts
“To me, photography is an art of observation. It’s about finding something...”
– Elliot Erwitt
Stumbling my fingers along the shelves, I observe an interesting thing: books I have had for more than thirty years Feature my name in proud fountain-pen. Now I’m reminded of it, I recall Practising on rough paper to reach Such a convincing dash of signature.
For a while they went slantwise, In legible ballpoint; then anywhere, With any implement: rollerpoint, red even. Recently I...
“A poem is a statement released into the public world for us to make of it what...”
– “What is Poetry?”
How to Read a Poem, by Terry Eagleton
I’m afraid of never reaching the point where i’m not looking towards the future, where i’m not wondering what I could do or who I could be, waiting for the next thing to study or the next persona to take on.
I’m also afraid of reaching it.
“If the [girl] you’re dating doesn’t seem to be completely into you, or you feel...”
– He’s Just Not That Into You (via kari-shma)
Antimetaboles
Dorothy Parker famously elided an antimetabole when she explained a tardy submission with “too fucking busy, and vice versa.”
-Wikipedia
socrates is a little fuckin bitch
Teenage Dream: A Boy’s Perspective.
“Hope, captain of the ever-twisting
Minds of mortal men.”
– Pindar
That awkard moment when your PE teacher is fatter...
breathingnewoxygen:
itsflippinairon:
“No, how about YOU run the mile in under 8 minutes.”
always.
“If you can’t explain it to a six year old, you don’t understand it yourself.”
– Albert Einstein (via kari-shma)
To the really cute girl coming out of the 77th-lex...
I wish I had said something
Once is an occurrence, twice is a pattern and the...
Cabs are for Kissing →
love reading this blog. The author is hysterical
you know what i hate? pretentious fucking music majors.
815. IF SOMEONE WANTS TO BE WITH YOU, THEY'LL MAKE...
what if both people think this way? then no-one does anything
gotwisdom:
DON’T OBSESS OVER TRYING TO FORCE A RELATIONSHIP, IF IT’S NOT MEANT TO BE IT’S NOT MEANT TO BE; IF IT IS, HOWEVER, YOU WONT EVEN NEED TO FORCE ANYTHING AT ALL.
“The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth.”
– Jean de La Bruyère (via momopotato)
