July 2011
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Warning: If you are reading this then this warning is for you. Every word you...
– Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club (via atomos)
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For some reason, we see travel as a recurring dream or an exotic temptation, but...
– Rolf Potts, Vagabonding (via katewestinfo)
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It’s strange that words are so inadequate. Yet, like the asthmatic struggling...
– T. S. Eliot (via thistlepie)
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That’s the best revenge of all: Happiness. Nothing drives people crazier than...
– Chuck Palahniuk (via aeloquence)
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Stripped of words, untamed, the universe pours in on me from every direction. I...
– Steven Millhauser, Dangerous Laughter: Thirteen Stories (via aperfectcommotion)
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Socializing is as exhausting as giving blood. People assume we loners are...
– Anneli Rufus
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Anyone too undisciplined, too self-righteous or too self-centered to live in the...
– David James Duncan, The Brothers K
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Money is a human creation. It is nothing but a number. Most of it is simply...
– David Korten (via colporteur)
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The world is not full of Attractive People and Unattractive People. It’s full of...
– Kate Harding (via thatswhatshesaidquotes)
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Norway’s Prime Minister is a liberal atheist, they have one of the best...
– Matthew Trevithick, responding to this story, “Former Bush Official Places Blame For Oslo Attack On Norwegians For Not Being ‘Serious’ About Terrorism,” with a comment that wins the universe. (via zeitgeistmovement)
15 Wonderful Words With No English Equivalent →
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1. Zhaghzhagh (Persian) The chattering of teeth from the cold or from rage.
2. Yuputka (Ulwa) A word made for walking in the woods at night, it’s the phantom sensation of something crawling on your skin.
3. Lampadato (Italian) Addicted to the infra-red glow of tanning salons? This word describes you.
4. Luftmensch (Yiddish) The Yiddish have scores of words to describe social...
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We abide by cultural directives that urge us: clarify each thought, each...
– Richard Foreman, quoted by Maggie Nelson in The Art of Cruelty (via invisiblestories)