January 2012
54 posts
“Then, one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into...”
– Neil Gaiman (via likesirensinthenight)
For Laine.
“And she remembered that his head had rested on her bosom, and how heartily she...”
– Hans Christian Andersen
“The Wikipedia blackout presents a horrifying picture of a world with no...”
– Andy Daglas
William Elliot Whitmore - Dry
I think it’s time to move to New York.
A 1958 Letter of Advice From John Steinbeck to His... →
genoux:
ne quittez pas
Jamais
Das Nicht-zuhause-seine
(not-being-at-home.)
That part’s definitely true.
Page 26, fn33
Philosophy and Addiction... →
There is a cave in which prisoners are chained facing a wall. They cannot move their heads and therefore cannot look sideways or behind; they only can look forward. Behind them are a burning fire and a half wall where puppeteers hold up puppets that cast shadows. To the chained men, the shadows are real; they have no conception of the objects that cause the shadows. Appearance is mistaken for...
“Distraction is the only thing that consoles us for our miseries, and yet it is...”
– Blaise Pascal,
THIS.