September 2011
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“Some people meet the way the sky meets the earth— inevitably, and there is no...”
– Louise Erdrich (via katyjean)
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August 2011
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“Luce: How do you feel? Ella: Oh. Um. Well you know when you’re holding a...”
– Imagine Me & You
“Someday, somewhere - anywhere, unfailingly, you’ll find yourself, and that, and...”
– Pablo Neruda (via restartmyheart)
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“Tell me what’s the difference
between hope and waiting
because my heart...”
– Anna Kamienska, Difference. trans. Grazyna Drabik and David Curzon (via yesyes)
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pleaseallowmetointroducemyself:
I don’t want to be a person. I’d much rather be a bolt of lightning. One brilliant powerful flash of pure natural energy and then you’re done. One moment of magnificence instead of a lifetime of mediocrity.
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“I was having a dream. I don’t know what it was, but when I woke up, I had this...”
– Craig, It’s Kind of a Funny Story, Ned Vizzini (via regarding-books)
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“She fit her head under his chin, and he could feel her weight settle into him....”
– Charles Frazier, Cold Mountain (via bookmania)
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Beyond the pale
Meaning
Unacceptable; outside agreed standards of decency.
Origin
Firstly, let’s get the spelling clear here. It’s ‘beyond the pale’, and certainly not ‘beyond the pail’ - the phrase has nothing to do with buckets. The everyday use of the word ‘pale’ is as an adjective meaning whitish and light in colour (and used to that effect by Procol Harum...
“There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.”
– George Carlin
