May 2012
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“Solitude is where you find yourself so you can reach out to other people and...”
– Sherry Turkle
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“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud
was more painful than...”
– Anaïs Nin
you kind of make me want to throw myself off of a...
kkazazian:
I hope you’re proud.
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To be Alone
Meditation is the act of being alone. The act is entirely different from the activities of isolation. The very nature of the ‘me’, the self, the ego, is to isolate itself, through concentration, through various forms or methods of meditation, and through the daily activities of separation. But to be alone is not a withdrawal from the world. The world of man is gregarious; it is the...
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“Why are you stingy with yourselves? Why are you holding back? What are you...”
– George Balanchine
“Be a man, take care of her, and let her take care of you. You will regret it if...”
– Ryan E. Plett
“What you are is a complicated girl with simple needs. You need your books and...”
– Brian Morton, “Breakable You”
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today was one of the worst.
“As if to build a fence around the fatal emptiness inside her, she had to create...”
– Haruki Murakami
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Graceland - The Tallest Man on Earth || Paul...
If You Forget Me
I want you to know one thing. You know how this is: if I look at the crystal moon, at the red branch of the slow autumn at my window, if I touch near the fire the impalpable ash or the wrinkled body of the log, everything carries me to you, as if everything that exists, aromas, light, metals, were little boats that sail toward those isles of yours that wait for me. Well, now, if little by little...
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I’m tired of treading water, never getting anywhere. I need to move forward and it’s time to choose whether or not you will sink or swim.
No day will be the same as this, no two seconds are identical— you won’t be the same tomorrow as you are today. In a moment you’ll feel differently about any given thing than you do now.
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A documentary about film photography: The History of imaging - Episode 1
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what it would take to be truly happy || that is out of my own hands.
kendollface:
I’m fine because I have to be, but i really just want to be fine because i actually am
it's raining.
I’m not satisfied with being alone. and I don’t plan on staying that way.