May 2011
13 posts
“In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice; but in practice,...”
– Yogi Berra
via imall4frogs (via frenchtwist)
Petrichor →
bestofwikipedia:
Petrichor (from Greek petra “stone” + ichor the fluid that flows in the veins of the gods in Greek mythology) is the name of the scent of rain on dry earth. (via elalmavieja)
Why I Write by George Orwell →
youmightfindyourself:
Sheer egoism- Orwell argues that many people write simply to feel clever, to “be talked about, to be remembered after death, to get your own back on grown-ups in childhood, etc.” He says that this is a great motive, although most of humanity is not “acutely selfish”, and that this motive exists mainly in younger writers. He also says that it exists more in serious writers...
“Someone told me not long after I moved to New York that in order to succeed, you...”
– What Happens to All the Asian-American Overachievers When the Test-Taking Ends? — New York Magazine (via pegobry)
“The only interesting answers are those which destroy the questions.”
– Susan Sontag, The Benefactor (via proustitute)
April 2011
11 posts
“La solitude est l’aphrodisiaque de l’esprit, comme la conversation celui de...”
– Emile Michel Cioran, Le crépuscule des pensées
(via chat-grain-de-folie)
“Critical, leapfrog, monumental, castigate, majestic, obscene, frugal, radiance,...”
– Every single one of these words was coined by Shakespeare. Incredible. (via chiaraatik)
How Apple tracks your location without consent,... →
“A poet’s state of mind is seeing the world with a kind of double exposure.”
– Yehuda Amichai (via theparisreview)
“This is the slyness of art: If you tell enough lies, you’re bound to say...”
– William Meredith (via theparisreview)
“Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement.”
– Ronald Reagan (via whereisthecoool)
“I felt as if I was the only person awake in a city of sleepwalkers. That’s an...”
– George Orwell, Coming Up for Air from liquidnight (via billyjane)
March 2011
3 posts
“Italy is now a great country to invest in… today we have fewer communists and...”
– Italian Prime Minister Sylvio Berlusconi (via life) 