January 2011
129 posts
“In every case you see a major truth happening, which is that our family...”
– Jacob Clifton
“One must have a mind of winter
To regard the frost and the boughs
Of the...”
– Wallace Stevens, “The Snow Man” (via proustitute)
“People without hope do not write novels.”
– Flannery O’Connor
Watchthedailywhat:
Axe Cop Fan Film of the Day: Peter Muehlenberg brings the insta-legendary webcomic Axe Cop to life with a live-action adaptation of 6-year-old Malachai Nicolle and his 30-year-old brother Ethan’s axe-kicking collaboration.
Can someone please do this for real?
[reddit.]
Give Peace A Chance.: What's Happening in Egypt... →
Really helpful guide.
promotingpeace:
The basics: Egypt is a large, mostly Arab, mostly Muslim country. At around 80 million people, it has the largest population in the Middle East and the third-largest in Africa. Most of Egypt is in North Africa, although the part of the country that borders Israel, the Sinai peninsula, is in Asia….
“When my husband died, because he was so famous and known for not being a...”
– Ann Druyan, talking about her dead husband Carl Sagan (via fuckyeahexistentialism, savagemike)
#6955
ohnewsroom:
Designer: “This newspaper is like a middle school administered by alcoholics.”
“The last time there was a naked man covered in gold paint in my house, it was...”
– Bansky, on his Oscar nom
awritersruminations:
Allen Ginsberg reading “A...
“I would like to beg you, dear Sir, as well as I can, to have patience with...”
– Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
“recite
the strongest poem you know. a spell
against the lonely that gets you...”
– Marty McConnell, Survival Poem #17 (via ephemerals)