December 2010
I don’t hate people, I just feel better when they aren’t around.
– Charles Bukowski (via @johannal)
If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes.
– St. Clement of Alexandra (via quote-book)
Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.
– William James (via quote-book)
I am simply a ‘book drunkard.’ Books have the same irresistible temptation for...
– L.M. Montgomery (via starsmending)
Procrastination most often arises from a sense that there is too much to do, and...
– Mark Kingwell (via kindofpersonal)
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Scieszka's Alice in Wonderland signed by Dianna...
Mary Blair’s glorious paintings, which helped shape numerous Walt Disney films, are accompanied by Jon Scieszka’s re-worked text in this wonderful picture book. Alice’s story, along with the Mad Hatter, the Queen of Hearts, and so many others, are portrayed in Blair’s smooth, colorful style that is sweetly nostalgic and familiar.
Please, Santa?
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Her voice is filled with distant sonorities, like reverberations in a cave: now...
– The Lady of the House of Love, Angela Carter (via thecrescentmoon)
Homonum Revelio: Went to an Xmas/B-day party... →
rereadingharry:
Went to an Xmas/B-day party tonight, and one of the hostess’s friends said a couple of heteronormative things that I could have let pass, but I didn’t; I pointed out that they were heteronormative in a way that was non-confrontational but clear. Then later I mentioned an ex-girlfriend (ie. came out for the millionth time).
And I’m proud of myself. Too long and too often I have...
CONGRATS CHENO →
fuckyeahkristinchenoweth:
“I want to say a big congratulations to Kristin Chenoweth for winning star of the year. I love you Kris. I want to congratulate all of the really smart audience members of Broadway.com for picking the most amazing human being to be your favorite star of the year.” Tony Goldwyn
“She is one of the nicest women I have ever worked with. I adore her. You are the best and...
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The puppet master, open-mouthed, wide-eyed, impotent at the last, saw his dolls...
– Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber
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I had been tricked into my own betrayal to that illimitable darkness whose...
– Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber
Can a bird sing only the song it knows or can it learn a new song?
– “Lady of the House of Love” by Angela Carter | Submitted by pa3cia (via quote-book)
When I saw him look at me with lust, I dropped my eyes but, in glancing away...
– Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber (via quote-book)
Chances are, if your government is telling you not to read something, you should...
– Al Jazeera on Wikileaks, Hip-Hop, Global Honesty and Cultural Decline (via shakespeareandcobooks)
Anybody who claims they were "born in the wrong...
foreheadtittaes:
Women’s rights
The quality of health care
Education
It’s one thing to enjoy wearing frilly dresses and being a stay-at-home mom. Being forced to stay at home and wear frilly dresses, on the other hand…
THIS.
Some people move in lesbian circles. I move in bisexual dodecahedrons.