May 22nd, 2012
May 10th, 2012
Magic.This book is simply magic. It’s been a long time since I’ve read something so alive with such a vivid atmosphere. The imagery was enchanting.
April 25th, 2012
There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance. Pray you, love, remember. And there’s pansies, that’s for thoughts. There’s fennel for you, and columbines. There’s rue for you, and here’s some for me … I would give you some violets, but they wither’d all when my father died. They say he made a good end.
[Ophelia] Hamlet by William Shakespeare
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And it seems that every time we’re eye to eye, I can find another piece of you that I don’t wanna lose
April 22nd, 2012
Who am I? I am who I say I am and tomorrow someone else entirely.
(Ingrid) White Oleander by Janet Fitch
April 17th, 2012
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I don’t wanna run, I don’t wanna hide
When someone needs somebody
I don’t wanna say, I don’t got the time
When someone needs somebody
All of Kris Allen’s songs hold such powerful messages. We need more artists like him(:
April 10th, 2012
Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a bygone vexation stands vivified and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition! The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it’s my very good honour to meet you and you may call me “V
V (via ill-be-your-mudkip)
March 6th, 2012
A critic looking at these tightly focused, targeted interventions might dismiss them as Band-Aid solutions. But that phrase should not be considered a term of disparagement. The Band-Aid is an inexpensive, convenient, and remarkably versatile solution to an astonishing array of problems. In their history, Band-Aids have allowed millions of people to keep working or playing tennis or cooking or walking when they would have otherwise have had to stop. The Band-Aid solution is actually the best kind of solution because it involves solving a problem with the minimum amount of effort and time and cost.
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
(Source: hourglassdreams)
March 3rd, 2012
March 1st, 2012
So I went out and bought her roses. She complained about the thorns. I caught her smilin’ and that’s what I do it for.
She’s Killing Me by A Rocket to the Moon
(Source: hourglassdreams)
February 19th, 2012
February 2nd, 2012
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I just had to share this song with you guys because it’s honestly one of the best songs I’ve ever heard by one of the best bands I’ve ever loved(:
February 1st, 2012
