May 2012
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Certainly the most destructive vice, if you like, that a person can have, more...
– (via fuckyeahstephenfry)
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But man is not made for defeat,” he said. “A man can be destroyed but not...
– The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway (via hearthemsinging)
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He no longer dreamed of storms, ‘nor of women, ‘nor of great occurrences, ‘nor...
– Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea (via theunquotables)
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The universe is no narrow thing and the order within it is not constrained by...
– Cormac McCarthy, “Blood Meridian”
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This is why dreams can be such dangerous things: they smolder on like a fire...
– Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha (via voixdouce)
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Introverts, in contrast, may have strong social skills and enjoy parties and...
– Susan Cain, Quiet (via unejeunedemoiselle)
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Thinking of something else is a time-honored method for coping with pain....
– Unhurtful Thoughts: A Preoccupied Brain Produces Pain-Killing Compounds: Scientific American (via myserendipities)
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Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at...
– Dalai Lama (via kari-shma)