May 2013
“Much that may one day be possible can already be prepared by the solitary...”
– Love the Solitude.
Worpswede, July 16, 1903
Letters to a young poet
(via awelltraveledwoman)
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“Who has not asked himself at some time or other: am I a monster or is this what...”
– Claire Lispector, The Hour of the Star (via itsfromabook)
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The truth about Kai, according to a friend.
“Three words to describe Kai: excitable, outspoken, scared
Kai, like a lot of people in his generation, is at once so assertive, self-assured, while also insecure and sensitive. He is so passionate about what he does but feels easily set back. He has a frenetic energy that sometimes he harnesses to do the work he wants to do, but he’s an over thinker and often gets consternated by...
“People are dying from over thinking. They fill their brains with harsh thoughts...”
– Unknown (via milkied)
“The mind is sharper and keener in seclusion and uninterrupted solitude. No big...”
– Nikola Tesla (via graceyu)
7 tags
It's a beautiful morning and I don't want to go...
I am in an espresso bar on Spadina, sitting at a large, square shaped wooden table, drinking an overpriced Americano (but it’s organic! Fair trade, man!). Across from me is a couple: Blue Jays (BJ) cap and Geeky Blonde (GB). GB has got her signature black rimmed glasses on, with frames large enough to not overtake her small, round, pink face. Her nose, mouse like with its upturned tip, points...
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“I asked a question like this
“Are we a lost generation of our people?...”
– Janelle Monáe
April 2013
“There is an inherent cruelty in every terror attack—an undeniable reverberation...”
– Rafia Zakaria, The Tragedies of Other Places (via fariyah)
Favorite Things: girlsack: Faceless, nameless,... →
You know those relatively mundane moments that you remember forever? The right friends, the right music, the right lighting, the right temperature: suddenly there’s this moment that you know you’ll never forget. It’s not a rush of fear or adrenaline, it’s not an event or circumstance, it’s just a moment that somehow wrote itself to your permanent storage.
It’s when the band goes into the...
10 tags
people watching in TO
The weather in Toronto has been absolute shit these past few days. From tiny teases of patio-swarming-weather to fucking snow storms two days later, it has been a solid month of summer-blue-balls.
But today, on this beautiful, warm, “first unofficial evening of summer” night, I am sitting in a Starbucks, sipping my delicious iced tea, watching hot guys pass by, safe behind a floor to ceiling...
“Do you ever think about all the people who you might have fallen in love with if...”
– Unknown (via perfect)
“In your life, you meet people. Some you never think about again. Some, you...”
– C.S. Lewis (via thatkindofwoman)
“Let someone love you just the way you are – as flawed as you might be, as...”
– Marc Hack
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March 2013
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“Later that day I got to thinking about relationships. There are those that open...”
– Sex and the City
“I always feel like I’m struggling to become someone else. LIke I’m trying to...”
– Haruki Murakami, South of the Border, West of the Sun (via larmoyante)
8 tags
You are smart. You can be resourceful. You can surprise yourself if you really want to. Have no shame or fear in who you are, and carry that mission out with as much integrity and humility as possible. Goodness is within you, believe in that.
“Sometimes you’re 23 and standing in the kitchen of your house making breakfast...”
– The Winter of the Air (via freecocaine)
via sade)
“As a society, we encourage girls and women to be emotionally accessible, and in...”
– Tori Amos (via queerintersectional)
“Young writers should read books past bedtime and write things down in notebooks...”
– Lemony Snicket (via light-essence)
4 tags
“Did you know that for pretty much the entire history of the human species, the...”
– John Green, Paper Towns (via larmoyante)
“On studying his chronic fears this man found they fell into five fairly distinct...”
– How Not To Worry – 1934 guide to mastering life (via explore-blog)
“How come the human race is not progressing as fast as technology has? Yeah,...”
– Lil B (via witchyhellbroth)
This fact creeps me out
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Turning down emotionally harmful sex because you...
lifeserial:
“Intuitively, we know that the best stuff in life isn’t stuff at all, and that relationships, experiences and meaningful work are the staples of a happy life.”
—Graham Hill, “Living With Less. A Lot Less.” NYTimes
Go on now, go.
“Pop art: only possible in an affluent society, where one can be free to enjoy...”
– Susan Sontag (via explore-blog)
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Fuck it, I'm over it.
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Walking in circles
I really don’t know how to get out of this race game.
I reach points where I feel empowered to move past it, but then there are days where I get knocked back four steps and it just feels like I’m never going to fully make it through. Do you just accept your lot in life when it comes to stuff like this? Do you lower your own expectations for yourself? Or do just try not to care and...
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The person you try to be vs. the person you are.
It takes practice.
You grow up. You try to define yourself and you try to find yourself. If you’re lucky, if you’re one of the ones who don’t fall through the cracks, you end up spending a large amount of your early years studying. You theorize, you get criticized and you build a thick skin. There are days you want to die and there are days you can’t stand life because...
“Leaving is not enough. You must stay gone. Train your heart like a dog. Change...”
– Frida Kahlo (via shiftinconsciousness)
“But luxury has never appealed to me, I like simple things, books, being alone,...”
– Daphne du Maurier (via larmoyante)
“Everyone who terrifies you is sixty-five percent water.
And everyone you love...”
– Finn Butler (via thatkindofwoman) 