February 2012
14 posts
Mark Zuckerberg’s 6 Ingredients For Success →
so that I be constantly reminded of.
The World Is Not a Pleasant Place to Be
misswallflower:
“the world is not a pleasant place to be without someone to hold and be held by a river would stop its flow if only a stream were there to receive it an ocean would never laugh if clouds weren’t there to kiss her tears the world is not a pleasant place to be without someone.” -Nikki Giovanni
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not;...”
– Calvin Coolidge
Nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.
(via apoplecticskeptic)
January 2012
10 posts
“Why do you want to shut out of your life any uneasiness, any misery, any...”
– Rainer Maria Rilke (via misswallflower)
“The best thing for being sad,” replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, “is...”
– T.H. White (via misswallflower)
December 2011
26 posts
“I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.”
– John Steinbeck (via misswallflower)
Reality Obscure: Eight Rules for Writing Fiction: →
tumblrfiction:
Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.
Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.
Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.
Every sentence must do one of two things — reveal…
“The world is simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and...”
– Henry Miller (via nirvikalpa)
“Go for broke. Always try and do too much. Dispense with safety nets. Take a deep...”
– Salman Rushdie (via passade)
“Every morning you wait,
clothes, over a chair,
to fill yourself with
my...”
– Pablo Neruda (via philphys)
“May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope...”
– Neil Gaiman.
Dream dangerously, everyone.
(via boxofoctaves)
“I hope you will have a wonderful year, that you’ll dream dangerously and...”
– Neil Gaiman (via fleurishes)
“In any case you mustn’t confuse a single failure with a final defeat.”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tender is the Night (via honeyforthehomeless)
“I can’t think of any greater happiness than to be with you all the time, without...”
– Franz Kafka (via accidentalism)
I like trains & Colin Firth: Why did the chicken... →
lunaticmadcrazygirl:
KINDERGARTEN TEACHER: To get to the other side.
PLATO: For the greater good.
ARISTOTLE: It is the nature of chickens to cross roads.
KARL MARX: It was a historical inevitability.
TIMOTHY LEARY: Because that’s the only trip the establishment would let it take.
SADDAM HUSSEIN: This was an…
“You are not your bra size, nor are you the width of your waist, nor are you the...”
– Unknown (via homosexualzebra)
“We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that...”
– Chuck Palahniuk (via corrumpo)
Get over yourself. Work past yourself. Outlive yourself.
(via imall4frogs)
