March 2011
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Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.
– Janis Joplin
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All my songs are an attempt to recreate (through music) the indecision of a man...
– John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats
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It was like one of those dreams where you’re filled with some extravagant...
– Marilynne Robinson, Gilead.
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I must learn to love the fool in me - the one who feels too much, talks too...
– Theodore Isaac Rubin (via align)
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"Celestial Music" - Louise Glück
I have a friend who still believes in heaven.
Not a stupid person, yet with all she knows, she literally talks to God. She thinks someone listens in heaven. On earth she’s unusually competent. Brave too, able to face unpleasantness.
We found a caterpillar dying in the dirt, greedy ants crawling over it. I’m always moved by disaster, always eager to oppose vitality But timid also, quick to shut...