December 2011
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the hp houses basically exist on a cartesian plane...
oldstarnewshine:
the x and y axes being your personal motivations (self/others) and your ultimate goals (humans/humanity)
gryffindor: others/humanity
hufflepuff: others/humans
ravenclaw: self/humanity
slytherin: self/humans
the harry potter series, and pretty obviously jkr, values bravery over all other virtues, so the houses that value humanity (our place as a species in a greater cosmic...
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“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings...”
– Frank Herbert, Dune (via makelovetothemoon)
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britticisms:
Home is warmth. Figuratively: the way the carpet on the stairs feels just right, the golden glow of the kitchen. And also, the way my dad lounges on his bed, the softness of my mother’s cheeks as I cup her face, as I look at her and she sees everything. She suggests I spend the night sleeping in my old purple room, on my worn little bed. Literally: the way I feel there compared...
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NedHepburn: On Jealousy
nedhepburn:
You know, I spent a lot of the year being jealous. Not for any good reason – mind you – just being jealous of other peoples successes. Jealous of other peoples hard work. It’s easy to assume, when you’re down, and watching everyone else be ‘up’, that they are just simply terrible people who were handed luck, fame, fortune, or what have you. I talked a lot of shit and, y’know what?,...
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“So much of her time spent like this: dreaming up things to say and never quite...”
– Let The Great World Spin, Colum McCann (via musingsinfemininity
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kimpine:
I am… really bad at making friends/maintaining friendships now? I used to be okay at it, but several months of being a hikkikomori have pretty much botched my people skills! I’m also finding it difficult to approach people I consider good friends! I kind of feel like… I literally have nothing of interest to say to anyone because nothing has happened in my life for about 6/7 months. So I...
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girafes:
THESE ARE ACTUALLY GOOD QUESTIONS.
fragilesouls:
what my last text in my inbox, and the last text that i’ve sent says
a famous person i’ve been compared to.
5 things that irritate me about the same sex/opposite sex.
the best thing that has happened to me this week.
weird things i do when i’m alone.
how i’d spend ten thousand bucks.
things i like and things i don’t like about...
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kneecapss:
Are you sure you want to be telling me all this?
All what?
About your parents, the paranoia…
It seems like you know something, but you still know nothing. I tell you and it evaporates. I don’t care-how could I care? I tell you how many people I have slept with (thirty-two), or how my parents left this world, and what have I really given you? Nothing. I can tell you the names of my...
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“I rent my apartment in Brooklyn, but I don’t have a home. My parents are still...”
– for the record, this is still my favorite thing Jonathan Ames has ever written. (via synecdoche)
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The mourning after: why we should celebrate... →
somethingchanged:
“Art is for the living. If someone has lived creatively and you are grateful, for goodness sake, write them a letter, or create a website about them; get an article about them published if you have the opportunity, or if you are an editor, commission tributes while she or he can read them. What is the point of making a fuss when they are gone? It is morbid and to me it...
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unicornology:
from the love letters of Zelda Fitzgerald, Part II
mitford:
— I remember every single spot of light that ever gouged a shadow beside your bones. — Please don’t be depressed: nothing is sad about you except your sadness and the frayed places on your pink kimono and that you care so much about everything—You are the only person who’s ever done all they had to do, damn well, and...
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“You gotta figure out what you are. It took me a long time to figure out who I...”
– Donald Glover/Childish Gambino (interview)
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lostreib:
And now i understand why everyone hates Thought Catalog
9. Lisa Frank is not the name of a woman, it is the name of a movement, a culture, a way of living. It is a theory, a concept, a belief in something greater than yourself. It is the belief that all girls are entitled to dolphins covered with rainbows, jewel-encrusted frogs, and unicorns in acid-trip colors hugging each other. It...
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planetickets:
“I can’t read books any more. Who has the time?”
Two weeks ago, in the afternoon, Amanda said to me, “I can’t read books any more. Who has the time?” It was the day after Oliver had left, and we were in this little café in the industrial part of the city. “Who can concentrate any more?” she said, stirring her coffee. “Who reads? Do you read?” (I shook my head.) “Somebody must...
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Went to FF.net for some good time reading
paceyjwitter:
callmeliat: tonysboner:
>go to the games section
>looking through titles
>wait a minute
“The blue rectangle began to fall slowly. I couldn’t take the wait. I pressed B hard but a block could only fall so fast-
This is even better than that fanfiction where Jesus went to Hogwarts
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““please check my channel, im super lame! :)”
“theres something very not right...”
– a selection of comments from Charlie’s newest youtube video “Settling In” (via vondell-swain)
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“Everything is more complicated than you think. You only see a tenth of what is...”
– Charlie Kaufman (via bluemoongirls)
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When your dirty talk turns into conversation.
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lickypickystickyfree:
What has the internet done for me? Besides all the obvious (cats, unicorns and Hollywood train wrecks), it has also become a safe place to say “oh well fuck you, cause well, fuck you, cause fuck you cause I fucking said so.” What I am trying to get at is that in normal verbal conversation I am not very aggressive or direct. I can’t. I would be fighting all the time and it...
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“Imagine a puddle waking up one morning and thinking, ‘This is an interesting...”
– Douglas Adams (via hardlyinventive)
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“I have a great affection for people who are intellectually engaged with the...”
– John Green (via christasquotations)
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aeloquence:
This sentence is made of lead (and a sentence of lead gives a reader an entirely different sensation from one made of magnesium). This sentence is made of yak wool. This sentence is made of sunlight and plums. This sentence is made of ice. This sentence is made from the blood of the poet. This sentence was made in Japan. This sentence glows in the dark. This sentence was born with a...