May 2012
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a valediction: forbidding mourning
As virtuous men pass mildly away,
And whisper to their souls to go,
Whilst some of their sad friends do say,
"The breath goes now," and some say, "No,"
So let us melt, and make no noise,
No tear-floods, nor sigh-tempests move;
'Twere profanation of our joys
To tell the laity our love.
Moving of the earth brings harms and fears,
Men reckon what it did and meant;
But trepidation of...
“…the secret of the Great Stories is that they have no secrets. The Great Stories...”
–
Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things
April 2012
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March 2012
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“the lore of beauty doesn’t lie in the truth of nature”
February 2012
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“the visible has been and still remains the principal human source of information...”
– john berger “here” and our faces, my heart, as brief as photos
xeno
n. the smallest measurable unit of human connection, typically exchanged between passing strangers—a flirtatious glance, a sympathetic nod, a shared laugh about some odd coincidence—moments that are fleeting and random but still contain powerful emotional nutrients that can alleviate the symptoms of feeling alone.
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“I usually solve problems by letting them devour me.”
– Franz Kafka (via precioushorrors)
January 2012
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