Apr. 29, 12

1334

Apr. 22, 12

113

Mar. 30, 12

648

aseaofquotes:

Zadie Smith, White Teeth

Mar. 29, 12

1460

"We have to consciously study how to be tender with each other until it becomes a habit because what was native has been stolen from us… we can practice being gentle with ourselves by being gentle with each other. We can practice being gentle with each other by being gentle with that part of ourselves that is hardest to hold, by giving more to the brave bruised girlchild within each of us."  - Audre Lorde  (via mmmajestic)

Mar. 24, 12

6143

"The problem, often not discovered until late in life, is that when you look for things in life like love, meaning, motivation, it implies they are sitting behind a tree or under a rock. The most successful people in life recognize, that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation.
For me, I am driven by two main philosophies, know more today about the world than I knew yesterday. And lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you."  - Neil Degrasse Tyson, in an AMA on reddit, responding to a young man who asked how to find motivation in life. (via fishingboatproceeds)

Mar. 20, 12

48

"I often feel like a handsome stranger slipped softly into my mental library and slid his fingers inappropriately over the waiting spines of my secret books, then disappeared, leaving me starry-eyed and curious."  - go follow her (via scottiehughes)

Mar. 11, 12

305

"What’s up with the whole couple thing anyway? … I mean, why is everyone so brainwashed into believing that they have to be in a relationship with one other person? … [H]ave them tell us that every person needs to be with another person in order to be happy, and we nod along like it’s the most obvious thing in the world. But there’s no reason for it, is there? It’s not a proven truth. It’s just some thing that our culture has come to spin itself around…."  - David Levithan, How They Met, “Miss Lucy had a Steamboat” (via asexyquotes)

Mar. 2, 12

1269

aseaofquotes:

— William Saroyan

Mar. 1, 12

6143

"The problem, often not discovered until late in life, is that when you look for things in life like love, meaning, motivation, it implies they are sitting behind a tree or under a rock. The most successful people in life recognize, that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation.
For me, I am driven by two main philosophies, know more today about the world than I knew yesterday. And lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you."  - Neil Degrasse Tyson, in an AMA on reddit, responding to a young man who asked how to find motivation in life. (via fishingboatproceeds)

Feb. 29, 12

17

"A child sits by the tree on the playground. Every day it is the same. He sits by the tree. He does not look up anymore. No one comes for him. He can no longer remember what he is waiting for or how long he’s been waiting. There is only the tree and the cold earth below him and the voices calling out from the yard, but they never once say his name."  - Death Watch, by Ari Berk (via mirror-of-erised)

Feb. 25, 12

1212

"

A truth should exist,
it should not be used
like this. If I love you

is that a fact or a weapon?

"  - Margaret Atwood (via ancient-amateur)

Feb. 25, 12

27906

Feb. 15, 12

13511

"I am afraid of getting older … I am afraid of getting married. Spare me from cooking three meals a day—spare me from the relentless cage of routine and rote. I want to be free…. I want, I want to think, to be omniscient…. I think I would like to call myself ‘The girl who wanted to be God.’"  - Sylvia Plath, written in 1949 at age 17 (via unchastes)

Feb. 7, 12

73

"I’ve been rereading your story. I think it’s about me in a way that might not be flattering, but that’s okay. We dream and dream of being seen as we really are and then finally someone looks at us and sees us truly and we fail to measure up. Anyway: story received, story included. You looked at me long enough to see something mysterioso under all the gruff and bluster. Thanks. Sometimes you get so close to someone you end up on the other side of them."  - Richard Siken (via scratchedaffection)