May 2012
Put out my eyes, and I can see you still,
Slam my ears to, and I can hear you yet;
And without any feet can go to you;
And tongueless, I can conjure you at will.
Break off my arms, I shall take hold of you
And grasp you with my heart as with a hand;
Arrest my heart, my brain will beat as true;
And if you set this brain of mine afire,
Then on my blood-stream I yet will carry you.Put Out My Eyes by Rainer Maria Rilke
“Whoever said what you don’t know can’t hurt you was a complete and total moron. Because for most people I know, not knowing is the worst feeling in the world… but as human beings sometimes it’s better to stay in the dark. Because in the dark there may be fear, but there is also hope.”
—Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo). “Into You Like a Train.” Grey’s Anatomy. 2005. (via difficile-iter)
April 2012
“Doctor my eyes, cannot see the sky
Is this the price for having learned how not to cry” —Jackson Browne (via mikefrawley)
Is this the price for having learned how not to cry” —Jackson Browne (via mikefrawley)
“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”
—Jane Austen (via rebeccasusanne)
“Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century: Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others; Worrying about things that cannot be changed or corrected; Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it; Refusing to set aside trivial preferences; Neglecting development and refinement of the mind; Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do.”
—Marcus Tullius Cicero
“They insulted you. But it only hurt because you believed it.”
—Yasmin Mogahed
“To find yourself, think for yourself”
—Socrates
