we all become what we most dislike

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"I want to feel all there is to feel, he thought. Let me feel tired, now, let me feel tired. I..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:33:46 -0400

“I want to feel all there is to feel, he thought. Let me feel tired, now, let me feel tired. I mustn’t forget, I’m alive, I know I’m alive, I mustn’t forget it tonight or tomorrow or the day after that.”

- Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine (via larmoyante)

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"The very idea of going beyond the dream is illusory. Why go anywhere? Just realise that you are..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:39:05 -0400

“The very idea of going beyond the dream is illusory. Why go anywhere? Just realise that you are dreaming a dream you call the world, and stop looking for ways out. The dream is not your problem. Your problem is that you like one part of your dream and not another. Love all, or none of it, and stop complaining. When you have seen the dream as a dream, you have done all that needs be done.”

- Nisargadatta Maharaj

(via yoga9vipassana)

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"I taste her and realize I have been starving."

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“I taste her and realize I have been starving.”

- Jodi Picoult (via budddha)

"Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world."

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:37:09 -0400

“Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.”

- Gustave Flaubert (via budddha)

"Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist."

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:48:00 -0400

“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.”

- Pablo Picasso (via atelierellsworth)

"Silence is so accurate."

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:46:52 -0400

“Silence is so accurate.”

- Mark Rothko (via atelierellsworth)

"The Atlantic: It sounds like you’re saying that literary “talent” doesn’t inoculate a..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:14:44 -0400

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The Atlantic: It sounds like you’re saying that literary “talent” doesn’t inoculate a writer—especially a male writer—from making gross, false misjudgments about gender. You’d think being a great writer would give you empathy and the ability to understand people who are unlike you—whether we’re talking about gender or another category. But that doesn’t seem to be the case.

Junot Diaz: I think that unless you are actively, consciously working against the gravitational pull of the culture, you will predictably, thematically, create these sort of fucked-up representations. Without fail. The only way not to do them is to admit to yourself [that] you’re fucked up, admit to yourself that you’re not good at this shit, and to be conscious in the way that you create these characters. It’s so funny what people call inspiration. I have so many young writers who’re like, “Well I was inspired. This was my story.” And I’m like, “OK. Sir, your inspiration for your stories is like every other male’s inspiration for their stories: that the female is only in there to provide sexual service.” There comes a time when this mythical inspiration is exposed for doing exactly what it’s truthfully doing: to underscore and reinforce cultural structures, or I’d say, cultural asymmetry.

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- this can’t be posted enough times. get it Junot. (via thewhatup)

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awelltraveledwoman: the-forward-observer: catholic-on-the-inter...

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:53:41 -0400

awelltraveledwoman:

the-forward-observer:

catholic-on-the-internet:

awkwardsituationist:

98 year old dobri dobrev, a man who lost his hearing in the second world war, walks 10 kilometers from his village in his homemade clothes and leather shoes to the city of sofia, where he spends the day begging for money.

though a well known fixture around several of the city’s churches, known for his prostrations of thanks to all donors, it was only recently discovered that he has donated every penny he has collected — over 40,000 euros — towards the restoration of decaying bulgarian monasteries and churches and the utility bills of orphanages, living instead off his monthly state pension of 80 euros.

This guy is so… awesome. Amazing. Inspiring.

OK crying. restored faith in humanity…

0rient-express: The road to fitzroy | by Jimmy McIntyre.

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:07:02 -0400

0rient-express:

The road to fitzroy | by Jimmy McIntyre.

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"In 2007, women of color held only 7.5% of full time faculty positions and this percentage declined..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:49:47 -0400

“In 2007, women of color held only 7.5% of full time faculty positions and this percentage declined steadily with rising academic rank. Women of color comprised 10.4% of instructors and lecturers; 9.9% of asst. professors; 6.6% of associate professors, and 3.4% of full professors.”

- Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia

Giving new meaning to ivory tower……

(via jahalath)

veroushka: Macchu Picchu - Cusco, Perú Photo by Xaviera Jaras

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:48:06 -0400

veroushka:

Macchu Picchu - Cusco, Perú

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aneurysms: me

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aneurysms:

me

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