February 2012
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“The only way you can conquer me is through love and there I am gladly conquered.”
– Krishna (via deer-me)
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“Compromise, my friend, is the essence of diplomacy, and diplomacy is the...”
– Dr. Henry Killinger
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diem perdidi: Michael Ferber - A Dictionary of... →
anhelos:
The Pythagoreans believed (according to Aristotle, De caelo) that the stars make sounds as they move, and since their speeds are in the same ratios as musical concordances, the entire sound they produce is a harmony. We cannot hear it, for it is a constant background sound in our ears from birth….
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Art of Gerald Heffernon →
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viergacht:
The bunny people are cute, they remind me of Serious McCoy’s, and check out the naked mole rat bodybuilder. That’s my favorite so far.
The jumping spiders, though. UGH. Nuke from orbit.
I wish I could link directly to the pics, but just trust me on this one, it’s worth a click through.
O HEY there’s a cellar spider, too!
Damn these are intriguing. Reblogging...
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if you have ever stood on a ledge, the kind that is so high that to fall is unmitigated death, then you know the strange, queer, contradictory sensation of wanting to jump, to fall.
some deep, slumbering part of your mind exists solely to desire seeing the ground rushing up at your face and ponder whatever rapid, technicolor-neon fantasies might flutter behind your eyes in the last seconds...
älä katso valoon: estrangedfossil: A Collection... →
estrangedfossil:
A Collection of Rare and Obscure Words
zarameus:
Cheiloproclitic - Being attracted to someones lips. Quidnunc - One who always has to know what is going on. Ultracrepidarian - Of one who speaks or offers opinions on matters beyond their knowledge. Apodyopsis - …
“I will not play tug o’ war. I’d rather play hug o’ war. Where everyone hugs...”
– Shel Silverstein (via cautionwithourcuriosity)
“I didn’t want to wake up. I was having a much better time asleep. And that’s...”
– Ned Vizzini (via misswallflower)
“the night is the hardest time to be alive, and 4 am knows all my secrets.”
– “lost souls”: poppy z. brite (via bohemianwaif)
.la douleur exquise.: “I grow old … I grow old … I... →
misswallflower:
“I grow old … I grow old … I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled. Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach? I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach. I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think they will sing to me. I have seen them riding seaward on the waves Combing the white hair of the waves blown back When...
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“Contentment arises from the knowledge that wherever we are in the moment has...”
– Almine (via lucifelle)
Roses are red Violets are red Tulips are red My garden is on fire
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death is certain; its hour, uncertain.
We've been sold a dream world
lisamariedee:
Very nice work by Vladimir Stankovic.
“Now, Krishna says an important point: ‘For one who has achieved the supreme...”
– Paramahamsa Nithyananda Discourse on Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 6 pg. 62 (via nithyananda)