February 2011
25 posts
“Everyone, at some point in their lives, wakes up in the middle of the night with the feeling that they are all alone in the world, and that nobody loves them now and that nobody will ever love them, and that they will never have a decent night’s sleep again and will spend their lives wandering blearily around a loveless landscape, hoping desperately that their circumstances will improve, but suspecting, in their heart of hearts, that they will remain unloved forever. The best thing to do in these circumstances is to wake somebody else up, so that they can feel this way, too.”
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I like the tone of this writing. His abrupt switch at the end. Love it.
Lemony Snicket (via holliann)
January 2011
94 posts
Early In the Morning, I'll Come Calling
James Vincent McMorrow
Listen … just trust me and pause for a second to listen to this.
“
The path of the righteous is like the morning sun,
shining ever brighter till the full light of day.
Mas la senda de los justos es como la luz de la aurora,
Que va en aumento hasta que el día es perfecto.
Someone read this this morning. I like both versions. The path… es como la luz de la aurora… shining ever brighter… hasta que el día es perfecto.
(Prov. 4:18 NLT/Reina-Valera 1960)
“Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.”
—bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions (via outsidewarmafghans)
“Deciding whether or not to trust a person is like deciding whether or not to climb a tree, because you might get a wonderful view from the highest branch, or you might simply get covered in sap, and for this reason many people choose to spend their time alone and indoors, where it is harder to get a splinter.”
—Lemony Snicket (via soul-surfer)
