January 2012
31 posts
“We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us...”
– Fyodor Dostoevsky (via human-voices)
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Alan Hanson: The Hard Things →
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These ripples are for us to deal with and learn to endure. What we can’t affect is the mistake that led us here. And knowing that is comforting because knowing that means knowing that you are a product of the world and that itself is beautiful. And it will highlight the people, the actions, the objects, that weren’t mistakes. And you will cherish those with all of your heart...
Alan Hanson: The Hard Things →
lieslieslies:
You can not help who you love and you can not make any human being love you. I know this sounds literal in my case. I could not help being born from my mother, I could not help to learn language and compassion and how to walk from her, I could not help to memorize her circadian rhythm before I could formulate thought. But it is the same as how you can not help who you fall in love...
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O SNAP.
From Katharine Hepburn’s 1981 interview with Barbara Walters: Hepburn: “I’ve just done what I damn well wanted to and I made enough money to support myself. And I ain’t afraid of being alone.” Walters: “Is that why also you wear pants?” Hepburn: “No, I just wore pants because they’re comfortable.” Walters: “Do you ever wear a skirt, by the way?” Hepburn: “I have one.” Walters: “You have one.”...
“One of the basic tenants of being a decent fucking person is being conscious...”
– newwavefeminism (via postponelife)