February 2012
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“Story is (Morag’s) only consolation against death, a constructed presence that...”
– Meira Cook, Becoming the Mother: Constructions of the Maternal in The Diviners (via kateemacneill)
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160th follower is nparts.
I like this because 1.) it is a Canadian newspaper represented on Tumblr, 2.) it is the ARTS section of said newspaper, and 3.) I really like their tumblr.
Follow it here to learn about stuff from pop culture to old manuscripts to what celebrities are having shoulder surgery at the same time (Arnie and Stallone? Weird and agreed, kind of gross).
How Not To Write About Female Musicians: A Handy... →
maura:
A bit worried that this is going to be one in a series.
I was just about to post this, when it conveniently appeared on my dashboard. Worth the time and read.
scientist: the average person spends 18 hours online per week.
me: you mean per day
scientist: what
me: what
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“(a)(1) “Bullying” means a single significant incident or a pattern of incidents...”
– HB 1533 in Hew Hampshire, which would make it a crime for anyone to “bully” a representatives. (via jeffmiller)
Sure, we can’t keep our children from being bullied into suicide, but yeah, protecting full grown representatives of state from bullying is real important.
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“I’ve memorized all the fish in the sea
I’ve memorized each opportunity...”
– Charles Bukowski, Memory (via whollyafool)
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“He doesn’t mind I have a flat, broke down life. If fact, he says he thinks it might be what he likes about me; admires me, the way I roll like a rolling stone.”
As cheesy as I find parts of the Lana del Rey album… it doesn’t all suck. In fact some of it is actually really good.
“Things are sweeter when they’re lost. I know—because once I wanted something and...”
– The Beautiful and Damned, F. Scott Fitzgerald (via cityyandcolour)
“Justice is better than chivalry if we cannot have both.”
– Alice Stone (via loveyourchaos)
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“Food, fire, walks, dreams, cold, sleep, love, slowness, time, quiet, books,...”
– Jeanette Winterson, from Why I adore the night (via mirroir)
talkinglikeateen:
“My dad loved the shit out of her and hardly ever knew what to say to her and she loved the shit right back out of him and filled the silent parts of their lives with books and coffee and other things.”
A Complicated Kindness - Miriam Toews
Read this book, it’s wonderfully poetic
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Cheers, darlin'.
I can’t believe until a moment ago I had no Damien Rice in my rebuilt iTunes library. The situation has been remedied, and I’m in a sufficiently bad mood, so these songs are really the ideal little companion for the rest of the night.
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Who gets a cold twice in two weeks. The girl who is once again full of cold medicine and in pjs trying not to fall asleep in the middle of the day.
At least I’ll have more time to read…
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“I don’t know. (Have I mentioned that already?) Maybe it’s not guilt....”
– Miriam Toews, on studying psychology, in a letter available on openletters.net
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“A pretty girl said to me, “You’ve got to take all the little pieces...”
– the Wooden Sky, Oh My God (It Still Means a Lot to Me)
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“Dad, don’t think I’m not saluting you when I’m not saluting...”
– Miriam Toews, A Complicated Kindness.
“He is exactly
the poem
I wanted to write.”
– Mary Oliver, from “White Heron Rises Over Blackwater” in New and Selected Poems, Volume Two (via proustitute)
