January 2011
139 posts
Ten Thousand Things: Heaven and hell →
jimparedes:
Hakuin, the fiery and intensely dynamic Zen master, was once visited by a samurai warrior.
“I want to know about heaven and hell,” said the samurai. “Do they really exist?” he asked Hakuin. Hakuin looked at the soldier and asked, “Who are you?”
“I am a samurai,” announced the proud…
“So avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he is...”
– John Keating, Dead Poet’s Society (via thegirlwiththemessyhair)
“Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible to do it. If you put a...”
– Terry Pratchett (Thief of Time)
“I’ll tell you in another life, when we are both cats.”
– Sofia, Vanilla Sky (via bonfireattire)
“A Filipino may denationalize himself but not his stomach. He may travel over the...”
– Where Is The Patis? by Carmen Guerrero Nakpil (via cold-nostalgia)
The Girl on Fire: You Should Date An Illiterate... →
kistykreme:
By Charles Warnke January 19, 2011
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Date a girl who doesn’t read. Find her in the weary squalor of a Midwestern bar. Find her in the smoke, drunken sweat, and varicolored light of an upscale nightclub. Wherever you find her, find her smiling. Make sure that it lingers when the people…
“For the rest of my life I would be thinking about her. She would always be my...”
– Percy Jackson (referring to Calypso)
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
(submitted by -savethequeen)
“I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with...”
– Roald Dahl (via prettybooks)
musicfromthe90s:
Pardon Me by Incubus
“Next time, ask: What’s the worst that will happen? Then push yourself a little...”
– Naomi Wolf (via sonsryan)
For Ginny…
…and her hero, Franky. :)...
Dyown’s old-school favorite!
…served...
Moe’s favorite.
…and its her...
“You know what it’s like getting up every morning feeling hopeless, feeling like...”
– Hitch (2005)
I always see perfect rooms, with everything...
hideyohusband:
“The future has several names. For the weak, it is the impossible. For the...”
– Victor Hugo (via quote-book)
“But I didn’t understand then. That I could hurt somebody so badly she would...”
– Haruki Murakami (via make-me-smile)
