Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain
— Proverbs 31:30
Nobility is a slippery slope, and often, in our quest to do justice, we rush to false judgment. To be virtuous, it seems we must be patient. We must be incredulous even about our own suppositions—especially about our own suppositions—in order to do right by others.
— Simon Goldberg
Sad is the man who is asked for a story
and can’t come up with one.
and can’t come up with one.
— Li-Young Lee, The City in Which I Love You
there are so many stories in the
elderly – not in the wrinkles on their
forehead or the lines under their eyes, but
buried in the folds of their coats & the pictures
you’ll find in their wallets, lost in the knots in
their shoelaces & the way they cross their legs. to
hell with minutes – who needs clocks, anyways? –
they’ve reached that point where the future is
now, & they can measure time by how long
it takes the paint to peel off this
park bench. this could be a perfectly
tranquil eternity.
elderly – not in the wrinkles on their
forehead or the lines under their eyes, but
buried in the folds of their coats & the pictures
you’ll find in their wallets, lost in the knots in
their shoelaces & the way they cross their legs. to
hell with minutes – who needs clocks, anyways? –
they’ve reached that point where the future is
now, & they can measure time by how long
it takes the paint to peel off this
park bench. this could be a perfectly
tranquil eternity.
— Ashmita Das
Hither, as to their fountain, other stars repairing, in their golden urns draw light.
— Milton, Paradise Lost
To be a witch, to be an artist, to be a baker… It’s an energy bestowed by the gods or someone, right? Though thanks to it, we do have to suffer at times.
— Ursula, in Kiki’s Delivery Service
When I save enough money
I’ll move to a small, friendly town overlooking the sea in Japan. There, I’ll meet an incredibly polite and kindhearted man. We’ll get married near the beach, and live quietly for the rest of our lives, never in wealth but never in want either.
Everything you can imagine is real.
— Pablo Picasso
Places I want to see before I die
Las Carvernas de Marmol—Patagonia, Chile
Zuigan-ji Temple—Matsushima, Japan
The beaches of Kauai, Hawaii
Ash Cave—Logan, Ohio
Urubamba Valley, Peru
Turnip Rock—Port Austin, Michigan
Tintagel Castle—Cornwall, England
Faroe Islands
Burj Khalifa—Dubai, UAE
Situ Gunung, Indonesia
Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
— Romans 12:15
In each action we must look beyond the action at our past, present, and future state, and at others whom it affects, and see the relations of all those things. And then we shall be very cautious.
— Blaise Pascal
Spring
From here, the sky looks so blue.
But success is sweet.
My ideal man must
be able to rock long(-ish) hair.
smile.
love music.
enjoy lying on tennis courts and staring at the sky.
be wise.
have passion, imagination, and vision.
Stupidity is brief and guileless, while reason hedges or hides. Reason is a scoundrel, stupidity is direct and honest.
— Ivan, in The Brothers Karamazov
