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"When a thing disturbs the peace of your heart, give it up."

Sat, 26 May 2012 15:04:17 +0800

“When a thing disturbs the peace of your heart, give it up.”

- Prophet Muhammad (via showslow)

"A hope of something beyond our place and time. This is what books - the best books - give us: a..."

Tue, 15 May 2012 19:12:25 +0800

“A hope of something beyond our place and time. This is what books - the best books - give us: a lifeline, a reason to believe, a way to breathe more freely.”

- Blake Morrison, Twelve Thoughts About Reading (via distantheartbeats)

"Probably the biggest change is going to come from the changed definition of what we’re reading. More..."

Tue, 15 May 2012 19:10:44 +0800

“Probably the biggest change is going to come from the changed definition of what we’re reading. More and more, texts will evolve the way Wikipedia entries evolve; the idea of a finished text, where all the words have been locked down, will start to seem a little less orthodox—something you’d expect from a novel, but not from a magazine article, say. And that open-endedness will likely mean that the reader is capable of participating, adding links, commenting, suggesting new avenues for exploration, fact-checking. So we’ll have to read in an even more focused way, I suspect, knowing that we can have a say in where the text eventually goes. So there you go: ebooks and digital text are keeping us from skimming and forcing us to engage with the text more directly. Who would have thought it?”

- Steven Johnson on the future of reading. (via explore-blog)

"There are certain emotions in your body that not even your best friend can sympathize with, but you..."

Sat, 12 May 2012 02:48:43 +0800

“There are certain emotions in your body that not even your best friend can sympathize with, but you will find the right film or the right book, and it will understand you.”

- Björk (via paxetlux)

kairosclerosis

Tue, 01 May 2012 18:07:13 +0800

dictionaryofobscuresorrows:

n. the moment you realize that you’re currently happy—consciously trying to savor the feeling—which prompts your intellect to identify it, pick it apart and put it in context, where it will slowly dissolve until it’s little more than an aftertaste.

"Beauty is nothing, beauty won’t stay. You don’t know how lucky you are to be ugly, because if people..."

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:44:38 +0800

“Beauty is nothing, beauty won’t stay. You don’t know how lucky you are to be ugly, because if people like you, you know it’s for something else.”

- Charles Bukowski (via wordsandlyrics)

You spend so much of your life basing yourself on what you think other people think of you. Then you realize that maybe one of the purposes of life is not to care.

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 17:09:38 +0800

"Weeping is not the same thing as crying, It takes your whole body to weep, and when it’s over, you..."

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 09:46:01 +0800

“Weeping is not the same thing as crying, It takes your whole body to weep, and when it’s over, you feel like you don’t have any bones left to hold you up.”

- Sarah Ockler (via amandaonwriting)

"I can’t help but remember everything. I mean, you see somebody and you think about all they’ve ever..."

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 09:44:20 +0800

“I can’t help but remember everything. I mean, you see somebody and you think about all they’ve ever said and done. The good and the bad. It all comes back to you, and it feels so right and hurts so bad all at once.”

- Unknown (via creatingaquietmind)

"Who is ever adequate? We all create situations for others that they can’t live up to, then break our..."

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 09:39:59 +0800

“Who is ever adequate? We all create situations for others that they can’t live up to, then break our hearts over them because they don’t.”

- Elizabeth Bowen (via creatingaquietmind)

"The problem that needs to be fixed is not kick all the girls out of YA, it’s teach boys that stories..."

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 09:44:09 +0800

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The problem that needs to be fixed is not kick all the girls out of YA, it’s teach boys that stories featuring female protagonists or written by female authors also apply to them. Boys fall in love. Boys want to be important. Boys have hopes and fears and dreams and ambitions. What boys also have is a sexist society in which they are belittled for “liking girl stuff.” Male is neutral, female is specific.

I heard someone mention that Sarah Rees Brennan’s THE DEMON’S LEXICON would be great for boys, but they’d never read it with that cover. Friends, then the problem is NOT with the book. It’s with the society that’s raising that boy. It’s with the community who inculcated that boy with the idea that he can’t read a book with an attractive guy on the cover.

Here’s how we solve the OMG SO MANY GIRLS IN YA problem: quit treating women like secondary appendages. Quit treating women’s art like it’s a niche, novelty creation only for girls. Quit teaching boys to fear the feminine, quit insisting that it’s a hardship for men to have to relate to anything that doesn’t specifically cater to them.

Because if I can watch Raiders of the Lost Ark and want to grow up to be an archaeologist, there’s no reason at all that a boy shouldn’t be able to read THE DEMON’S LEXICON with its cover on. My friends, sexism doesn’t just hurt women, and our young men’s abysmal rate of attraction to literacy is the proof of it.

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- The Problem is Not the Books by Saundra Mitchell (via albinwonderland)

Most guys think they are tough. Most girls think they are fat.

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:47:07 +0800

Most guys think they are tough.

Most girls think they are fat.

shadyoaks: strangestwords: theechelseacarty: OH MY GOSH! OH...

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:13:07 +0800

shadyoaks:

strangestwords:

theechelseacarty:

OH MY GOSH!

OH MY GOSH!

OH MY GOSH!

OH MY GOSH!

that elephant

just drew a picture of itself

that last gif

did anyone notice it waves back with its trunk?

"Books are doors that lead you into the street. With them you learn, educate yourself, travel, dream,..."

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:06:46 +0800

“Books are doors that lead you into the street. With them you learn, educate yourself, travel, dream, imagine, live other lives and multiply yours by one thousand.””

- Arturo Perez-Reverte, La Reina del Sur (via quote-book)

allthingseurope: France: Le Mont-Saint-Michel (by mau_tweety)

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 23:53:28 +0800

allthingseurope:

France: Le Mont-Saint-Michel (by mau_tweety)

leabolante: misteravid: The Schizo Filipino : )Word Of...

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 18:35:14 +0800

leabolante:

misteravid:

The Schizo Filipino : )

Word Of The Lourd articulates:

This is pretty twisted.

Photo

Sat, 17 Mar 2012 15:09:38 +0800

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Fri, 16 Mar 2012 10:26:48 +0800

Anesti Vega: Capoeira Has No Equal

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:42:34 +0800

Anesti Vega: Capoeira Has No Equal:

anestivega:

This was sparked by a fellow photographer and dance enthusiast that posted a video of a “So You Think You Can Dance” episode where Capoeira was the theme for their routine. I admitted that their routine was enjoyable, but their explanation of what Capoeira is was awful.

It was explained as…

leilockheart: FOLLOW for more photos

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:27:30 +0800

leilockheart:

FOLLOW for more photos