March 2012
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Kurt Vonnegut's response to book burning →
A letter he wrote in 1973 to the head of the school board at Drake High School in North Dakota after they burned all their copies of Slaughterhouse-Five.
“If you were to bother to read my books, to behave as educated persons would, you would learn that they are not sexy, and do not argue in favor of wildness of any kind. They beg that people be kinder and more responsible than they often...
elaborateheists asked: taking advantage of your askbox to ASK you where the quote you posted on my facebook is from exactly. i can't remember and it's killing me haha. multiple social media-ing, woo.
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“We have the record of kings and gentlemen ad nauseum and in stupid detail; but...”
– W. E. B. DuBois (1951)
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“This is how it always is when I finish a poem. A great silence comes over me,...”
– Rumi (via fuckyeahrumi)
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Resolution
That I want to remember before I forget again: take more photos. I used to be really good at it with my old phone(s), taking quick photos to remember moments, something funny or quirky or insightful, but now with my new phone it’s more awkward to serve that same purpose. (Only downside in going from simple flip/keyboard phones with surprisingly agile cameras to my smart phone.) Start...
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“I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light...”
– Hafiz of Persia (via mofaiz)
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“One regret dear world, that I am determined not to have when I am lying on my...”
– Hafiz of Persia
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“My advice to all who have the opportunity to travel must certainly do so;...”
– Wise words that I’m also trying to live by. Exerpt from a post from mofiaz.
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“[Tumblr] is the future of social networking if your image of the future features...”
– John Mayer (via mofaiz)
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“Before you speak, let your words pass through three gates.
At the first gate,...”
– Sufi saying (via mofaiz)
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arabswagger:
ياكثر مافي هالزمن منكسر قلب والمشكلة كثرة وفاك و وضوحك لا تضيّع احساسك ولا تقول بحب اذا نويت تحب احد حب روحك! (احمد المجاحمه)
Oh, how many broken hearts there are.
And the problem is you are too predictable and compassionate.
Do not get your feelings hurt and do not love aimlessly.
If you want to start loving others, you have to start by loving yourself.
-Ahmed Al Mojahmah
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“Do you know what you are? You are a manuscript of a divine letter. You are a...”
– Rumi (via thefreenomad)
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“…for 500 years we have lived in a European-conceived intellectual universe. i am...”
– John Henrik Clarke (via aphoticoccurrences)
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framespersplat:
31. Alphaville (1965)
