August 2010
Howard Roark laughed. He stood naked at the edge of a cliff. The lake lay far below him. A frozen explosion of granite burst in flight to the sky over motionless water. The water seemed immovable, the stone—flowing. The stone had the stillness of one brief moment in battle when thrust meets thrust and the currents are held in a pause more dynamic than motion. The stone glowed, wet...
“When you’re lost in those woods, it sometimes takes you a while to realize that...”
– Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love (via quote-book)
“Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight...”
– Plato (via erraticone). (via quote-book)
“Strange as it may seem, I still hope for the best, even though the best, like an...”
– Lemony Snicket (via kari-shma)
“The kiss originated when the first male reptile licked the first female reptile,...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald
“Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you’d drop dead in ten seconds. See the...”
– Ray Bradbury (via kari-shma)
“Why run around sprinkling holy water?
There’s an ocean inside you,
and when...”
– Kabir (via awakeinthedream) (via quote-book)
“Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I...”
– Walt Whitman (via fatalistichues) (via quote-book)
Entering The Kingdom by Mary Karr
nightmarebrunette:
As the boy’s bones lengthened and his head and heart enlarged, his mother one day failed to see herself in him. He was a man then, radiating the innate loneliness of men. His expression was ever after beyond her. When near sleep, his features eased towards childhood, it was brief. She could only squeeze his broad shoulder. What could she teach him of loss, who now inflicted it...
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“We shouldn’t teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.”
– B. F. Skinner (via libraryland) (via quote-book)
“By watching, I know that the stars are not going to last. I have seen some of...”
– Mark Twain (The Diary of Adam and Eve) via bonjourbryn (via quote-book)
“It’s not about who you’ve been with, it’s about who you end up with. Sometimes,...”
– The Office (via quote-book)
“A hug can turn your day around, it’s like an emotional Heimlich. Someone puts...”
– Pushing Daisies (via kari-shma)
“Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music.”
– Sergei Rachmaninov (via kari-shma)
