July 2009
Without music, life would be a mistake.
– Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (via littlemiss)
Vic: He's such a cute Latino man!
Me: Lou Diamond Phillips is Asian, dear.
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
– Helen Keller
What you are must always displease you, if you would attain to that which you...
– St. Augustine
If you have great talents, industry will improve them; If moderate abilities,...
– Sir Joshua Reynolds
Circumspection in calamity; mercy in greatness; good speeches in assemblies;...
– Hitopadesa
Every man has in himself a continent of undiscovered character. Happy is he who...
– Sir J. Stephen
yes, i’m drunk. and you’re beautiful. and tomorrow
morning, i’ll be sober but...
– the dreamers
victoria lynn is a beast.
so Vic came over, and while she was here some restricted number called.
Caller Victim (CV): What’s poppin’?
Vic: Hello.
CV: Yo, is Tooty there?
Vic: I don’t know who that is.
CV: Aw, you don’t know Tooty?
Vic: No.
CV: Aw. Well, you sound cute.
Vic: I sound cute?
CV: Yeah, your voice is real cute. You sound like Tooty. Folks say I look like Dre.
Vic: I don’t...
There’s something about Sunday night that really makes you want to kill...
– Claire Daines, My So-Called Life (via thoughtsdetained)
i need to know...
what’s 9896979x worse than “feeling like death?” because that’s how I feel. there aren’t enough substances in the world to numb this pain.
seriously?
britdawg:
(cough, cough) Union.
ugh. totally Union.
Just for the record, she still loves you. She wouldn’t bother to torture you if...
– Chuck Palahniuk (via decreation) (via suzywire)
Life is the sum of all your choices.
– Albert Camus (via littlemiss)
Every passing minute is another chance to turn it all around.
– Vanilla Sky (via littlemiss)
Anything less than mad, passionate, extraordinary love is a waste of your time.
– Frankie (Ione Skye), Dream For An Insomniac (via creampuff) (via lovebot)
If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing...
– Anais Nin (via ursofuckinspecial)
When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
– T. Jefferson (via maluna) (via quote-book) (via shinn7755) (via ursofuckinspecial)
If the clouds don’t clear, we’ll rise above them.
– ~ the Script (via gatekeeper) (via ursofuckinspecial)
We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry...
– Dead Poets Society (via quotewhore)
To live is not to breathe; it is to act; it is to make use of our organs, our...
– Rousseau (via suzywire)
that's the way we get by
I’m so dang jetlagged. Like, the sun doesn’t even rise here until idk, 8am?
I miss Oxford, dammit.
Sometimes i’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.
– Lewis Carroll (via quotewhore) (via ursofuckinspecial)
The real man is the one who can thrill you just by kissing your forehead.
– Marilyn Monroe (via maluna) (via suzywire)
Words That Don't Exist in the English Language
carpe—diem:
lazybones:
Gigil: (Filipino) The urge to pinch or squeeze something that is unbearably cute.
Culacino: (Italian) The mark left on a table by a cold glass.
Sgriob: (Gaelic) The itchiness that overcomes the upper lip just before taking a sip of whisky
L’esprit de escalier: (French) The feeling you get after leaving a conversation, when you think...