May 2011
“We will grow like trees
these roots will find each other
and anchor us here.”
– Daily Haiku on Love by Tyler Knott Gregson (via tylerknott)
“I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched.”
– Edgar Allan Poe (via lipsticksmiles)
“Not wanting to wade in shit forever, and although shit was a good teacher there...”
– Tales of Ordinary Madness - Charles Bukowski (via henrycharlesbukowski)
frostedwindows:
(Source: REFINERY29)
“I like the fact that you’re not mad about me,
I like the fact that I’m not mad...”
– Marina Tsvetaeva - I Like (via grammatolatry)
austinkleon:
“The you-guysing of America”
In English, “you” is used to address an individual or a crowd. There is no distinct plural form.
The trouble is, we want one. We have “an unconscious need,” explains George Goebel, assistant editor of the Dictionary of American Regional English.
“You guys” is a product of this — as are “you...
“PHENOMENON: When you read more than you speak, often you don’t pronounce the...”
– Kelly Oxford
“I am attracted to ellipsis, to the unsaid, to suggestion, to eloquent,...”
– Louise Glück (via opticaldelusion)
“A poet makes himself a visionary through a long, boundless, and systematized...”
– Arthur Rimbaud (via halus)
“If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she’s late?...”
– The Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger (via plathandimages)
“If I never see you again
I will always carry you
inside
outside
on my...”
– Charles Bukowski (via fuckyeahbukowski)
“I am writing with my burnt hand about the nature of fire.”
– Ingeborg Bachmann
