October 2011
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Fall
I wonder: If the branches could, would they reach out and catch the leaves and hold onto them until they’re all dried up? Carpe diem applies no matter the season, the trees whisper.
Fall is a time to let go of things you may have felt attached to.
Ideas that have worn old. Friends who don’t work anymore. It’s a time to reflect on where you’ve been then let go of the negative, let them drop by...
Don’t scold the Lover →
“She was considered timid and morose. Only in the country, her skin tanned by the...”
– ― Isabel Allende, The House of the Spirits
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“Ah, nothing is too late
Till the tired heart shall cease to palpitate.”
– Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Chocolat
“Père Henri: I’m not sure what the theme of my homily today ought to be. Do I want to speak of the miracle of Our Lord’s divine transformation? Not really, no. I don’t want to talk about His divinity. I’d rather talk about His humanity. I mean, you know, how He lived His life, here on Earth. His kindness, His tolerance… Listen, here’s what I think. I think that we can’t go around… measuring our...
“i will wade out
till my thighs are steeped in burning flowers
I will take the...”
– E.E. Cummings (via jerzee55)
“Our strategy should be not only to confront empire, but to lay siege to it. To deprive it of oxygen. To shame it. To mock it. With our art, our music, our literature, our stubbornness, our joy, our brilliance, our sheer relentlessness — and our ability to tell our own stories. Stories that are different from the ones we’re being brainwashed to believe. The corporate revolution will collapse if we...
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“A meal, according to my understanding anyhow, is a communal event, bringing...”
– – Wendell Berry, Bringing it to the Table (via framesofreadingroad)
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“When did love become unmoving?
When did love become unconsuming?
Forgetting...”
– Sidewalk Prophets 