December 2009
“When we think of the past, it’s the beautiful things we pick out. We want to...”
– Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale (via inspiri) (via thresca)
“I don’t want to wait anymore. I choose to believe that there is nothing more...”
– Shauna Niequist (via thresca) (via quote-book)
“The fish trap exists because of the fish. Once you’ve gotten the fish you can...”
– Chuang Tzu (via yourhappyplace) (via quote-book)
“It is easy to be beautiful;
it is difficult to appear so.
I admire you,...”
– Frank O’Hara, Meditations in an Emergency (via soulgarden)
“How much does your life weigh? Imagine for a second that you’re carrying a...”
– up in the air (via fandelatrova) thanx les for posting this its been swimming in my head for days.:)
“Known by the term “hijra” in conservative Muslim Pakistan, transvestites,...”
– Pakistan’s transvestites to get distinct gender | Reuters
The article goes on to quote a hijra-rights organization that this is a positive development and that “now people recognize that we are also human beings.” If it does help secure rights for people who are systematically shunned by private...
“When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only...”
– Kahlil Gibran (via johannal) (via quote-book)
4thelove:
jayalzacee:
sometimes we need to stop analyzing the past, stop planning the future, stop figuring out precisely how we feel, stop deciding exactly what we want allow our hearts to feel, and just live in the moment.
awomen
“Love can sometimes be magic. But magic can sometimes… just be an illusion.”
– Javan (via kari-shma) (via quote-book) hmmmmpph do i know the best magicians
hellovagina:
you’re weird. i’m weird. i’m kind of hoping you’ll accept this mutual weirdness and call it love.
via crushes
:)
“Primero me dijo que es un pecado
Pensar solo en ti
Segundo que no puedo ni...”
– Angelito (Aventura)
“Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.”
– Michel de Montaigne (via somethingintellectual) (via flickflickflicker) (via five5five)
“Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.”
– Dalai Lama (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)
The Spirit Says, You Are Nothing
smut-to-go:
wherewolves:
But you were young, and you had Plenty of time: Going west, You slept on the train and did not smile. Under you the plains widened, turned silver. You slept with your mouth open. You were nothing, You were snow falling through the ribs Of the dead. You were all I had
— Larry Levis
“Asceticism is not that you should not own anything, but that nothing should own...”
– Ali ibn Abi Talib
“What have I to do with worldly things? My connection with the world is like that of a traveler resting for a while underneath the shade of a tree and then moving on.”-Muhammad
Jain ascetics-wikipedia
As they are possession less and without any attachment, they travel from city to city, often crossing forests and deserts, and always barefoot. Jain ascetics do not stay in a single place for more than two months to prevent attachment to any place.
“A kiss is a lovely trick, designed by nature, to stop words when speech becomes...”
– Ingrid Bergmen (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)
“As far as I’m concerned, being any gender is a drag.”
– patti smith (via femmefemmefemme) (via redguard) (via bebelestrange)
“I have found the paradox that when we love until it hurts, there can be no more...”
– Mother Teresa (via quote-book)
“You’re on earth. There’s no cure for that.”
– Samuel Beckett (via smut-to-go)
wherewolves:
My super power is a disastrous lack of perspective.
