A Symphony Of Words

• 2012-05-23

  People disappear when they die. Their voice, their laughter, the warmth of their breath. Their flesh. Eventually their bones. All living memory of them ceases. This is both dreadful and natural. Yet for some there is an exception to this annihilation. For in the books they write they continue to exist. We can rediscover them. Their humor, their tone of voice, their moods. Through the written word they can anger you or make you happy. They can comfort you. They can perplex you. They can alter you. All this, even though they are dead. Like flies in amber, like corpses frozen in the ice, that which according to the laws of nature should pass away is, by the miracle of ink on paper, preserved. It is a kind of magic.

  — Diane Setterfield (via fantasydramatic)

  (via fantasydramatic)

  Source: black-wolves

• 2012-05-18

  Yoga takes you into the present moment, the only place where life exists.

• 2012-05-14

  Only when the last tree has been cut down
  Only when the last river has been poisoned
  Only when the last fish has been caught
  Only then will you find that money cannot be eaten

  — Cree Indian Prophecy

• 2012-04-25

  All that is mortal dies. Death is not such a bad thing. What would be a bad thing would be living without challenges. Without knowing defeat, we cannot know what victory is. There is no life without death

  — River marked, Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs pg 266

• 2012-04-24

  It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it would be without meaning, as if you described a Beethoven symphony as a variation of wave pressure.

  geneticist:

  -Albert Einstein

  Source: geneticist

• 2012-04-15

  The winter had passed. And the spring has come. We have withered. And our hearts are bruised from longing.

  — Blue english by Bigbang

  Source: kirakiraxi-n

• 2012-04-08

  do you ever listen to a song and feel this deep inconsolable sadness that makes your chest physically ache but yet it’s the most beautiful feeling in the world

  (via wickedwitchofthewest)

  Source: markedandtied

• 2012-04-07

  What’s the worst thing you can call a woman? Don’t hold back, now. You’re probably thinking of words like slut, whore, bitch, cunt (I told you not to hold back!), skank. Okay, now, what are the worst things you can call a guy? Fag, girl, bitch, pussy. I’ve even heard the term ‘mangina.’ Notice anything? The worst thing you can call a girl is a girl. The worst thing you can call a guy is a girl. Being a woman is the ultimate insult. Now tell me that’s not royally fucked up.

  — 

  Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Women’s Guide To Why Feminism Matters

  By Jessica Valenti

  (via rebeccaadele)

  (via wickedwitchofthewest)

  Source: thehaoleone

• 2012-04-06

  Will this make me feel more alive?

  When I started applying this, I noticed a pattern. I spent most of my time doing things that made me feel LESS alive, not more. Like:

  browsing digg, reddit, or slashdot aimlessly
  spending hours watching youtube videos
  watching episode after episode of some TV series

  It’s weird once you think about it, but most of our entertainment does exactly that. It’s designed to take you out of your head, suck you into a different world, and hold you there for as long as possible.

  — Vlad Dolezal

• 2012-04-05

  Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”
  - Howard Truman