March 2012
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“I’ve fought two draws with Mr. Stendhal, and I think I had an edge in the last...”
– Ernest Hemingway (via hemingwaylifestyle)
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February 2012
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Pantheon Books: “Sections in the bookstore - Books... →
pantheonbooks:
“Sections in the bookstore - Books You Haven’t Read - Books You Needn’t Read - Books Made for Purposes Other Than Reading - Books Read Even Before You Open Them Since They Belong to the Category of Books Read Before Being Written - Books That If You Had More Than One Life You Would Certainly Also Read But Unfortunately Your Days Are Numbered - Books You Mean to Read But...
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seesarahgo asked: R.E.M. Now! Go!
rhymelordfromgallifrey asked: MADONNA (I picked one you would probably hate.)
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walt's depression manual.
You dummies seem like you’re depressed all the time. Sometimes I am too. In the interest of helping myself feel like an okay-er guy and possibly helping other people, here’s
WHAT TO DO:
—Happy things. Self-explanatory.
Watch Parks and Rec. Alternately, grow a mustache.
Spend time with your family. For one thing, I guarantee there’s at least one cousin tucked away back...
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Put an artist in my ask and I'll post my 5... →
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“A basic wardrobe of a smart man should have at least five ties. This should...”
– - Maurizio Marinella (via putthison)
I’m set as far as the ties go, but damn it, I need a good blue jacket.
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“…Benedict Cumberbatch, who in addition to being a shy hedgehog who...”
– Sean O’Neal of The AV Club, whose ability to one-up himself in terms of Benedict Cumberbatch gags is nothing short of inspiring.
savvyrae asked: something > dear prudence. end of story. i could maybe go with oh! darling, but that's a little angry. and because my name isn't prudence, a name isn't mentioned in something. easy peasy!
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the watch soliloquy from quentin's section of the...
fuckyeahexistentialism:
“…I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire…I give it to you not that you may remember time, but that you might forget it now and then for a moment and not spend all of your breath trying to conquer it. Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers...
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fsgbooks:
Jonathan Franzen talks about Edith...
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my stars and garters.
I’m at fifty followers, the majority of whom seem like actual human beings!
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“Life is not governed by will or intention. Life is a question of nerves, and...”
– Oscar Wilde | The Picture of Dorian Gray | Harry to Dorian in Chapter XIX (via evoketheforms)
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Book review: 'Distrust That Particular Flavor' by... →
youmightfindyourself:
Distrust That Particular Flavor
Canadian cyberpunk soothsayer William Gibson has been much celebrated for his prediction of some nascent form of the Internet in his 1984 debut “Neuromancer,” but his new collection of nonfiction shows that his secret strong suit is with the here and the now. “Distrust That Particular Flavor,” which yokes together short essays Gibson wrote...
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“He who delights in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.”
– Francis Bacon (via absurdlakefront)
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“For me the postmodern attitude is that of a man who loves a woman who is...”
– Umberto Eco 1983 (via clarityandchaos)
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“Oh I know we’re not saints or virgins or lunatics; we know all the lust and...”
– Dylan Thomas, November or December 1936 From The Love Letters of Dylan Thomas (via liquidnight)
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