May 2013
“I mean, I have the feeling that something in my mind is poisoning everything...”
– Vladimir Nabokov (via stxxz)
“Would you convey my compliments to the purist who reads your proofs and tell him...”
– Raymond Chandler vs. Atlantic proofreader (via explore-blog)
“Writing is a lonely job. Having someone who believes in you makes a lot of...”
– Stephen King, On Writing (via nickmiller)
Mamihlapinatapai
nevver:
“A look shared by two people, each wishing that the other will initiate something that both desire but which neither one wants to start.”
The World’s Most succinct Word
“The Chamber of Secrets has been opened. Enemies of the Heir, Beware.”
– Sylvia Plath (via incorrectsylviaplathquotes)
“I have grown increasingly frustrated with how the mythology of leadership has...”
– Norman Ornstein, one of the best analysts of American politics, takes apart the “if only Obama would lead!” myth.
This is worth a read.
—oh, and the answer to Ornstein’s question is: no. (via politicalprof)
“Heeding calls from their rabbis, thousands of ultra-Orthodox teenaged girls and...”
– The New York Times, “Three Ultra-Orthodox Men Are Arrested In Confrontation at Western Wall” (via inothernews)
“Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending;...”
– Anne Bradstreet, the first American female poet and the first American in history to have a book of poetry published, offers her son Simon advice on life in 1664. (via explore-blog)
“I’ve never killed a man, but I’ve read many an obituary with a great...”
– The Twainster
Phew
Had a bit of an emergency. My browser would not play sound. No Pandora.
No Ender’s Game trailer.
No adorable puppy videos.
No Netflix.
It’s been a hard 2 days. But a restart seems to have fixed it.
Also, falling asleep before 9 results in some weird dreams, 80% of the time.
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Purple Haze
1/2 oz tequila 1/2 oz rum 1/2 oz vodka 1/2 oz gin 1/2 oz Chambord® raspberry liqueur 1 oz sweet and sour mix 7-Up® soda
“‘He’s my whole world.’
‘Don’t ever say that about anyone again. Not even me.’”
– Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower (via larmoyante)
