December 2011
79 posts
“The best moments in reading are when you come across something - a thought, a...”
– Alan Bennett
“Don’t expect to get anything back, don’t expect recognition for your efforts,...”
– Paulo Coelho
“I just do art because I’m ugly and there’s nothing else for me to do.”
– Andy Warhol
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“The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much...”
– Orlando A. Battista
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“I hope you will have a wonderful year, that you’ll dream dangerously and...”
– Neil Gaiman
“Something inside me had dropped away, and nothing came in to fill the empty...”
– Haruki Murakami
“May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope...”
– Neil Gaiman. Dream dangerously, everyone.
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Anonymous asked: are there any circumstances under which you would have a one-night stand? or have mindless sex with someone?
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“I exist, that is all, and I find it nauseating.”
– Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea
Anonymous asked: Emerson, I love you. I know you told someone earlier that they could not possibly love you because you are sure they did not know you personally, but this isn't the kind of love that you need to know someone personally for. I guess it's a more superficial kind of love but I just love who you are as a human being and your existence makes me smile. I hope you had a lovely Christmas day.
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I walked into a restaurant to pick up an order and while I was waiting, I saw a woman sitting alone in a table booth crying. It was obvious she had a date who was a no show and clearly she was upset about it. I stood there while I waited for my order, watching her. I wanted to hug her, but being a stranger, I felt that might seem weird to her. So being Christmas and all, I called the cashier and...
“It bothers me that no one has the patience to deal with someone who is just sad.”
– Emily Haines
“Don’t ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.”
– J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
“You can’t just make me different and then leave. You can’t. You can’t change me...”
– John Green, Looking For Alaska
“I like to see people reunited, I like to see people run to each other, I like...”
– Jonathan Safran Foer
“I’m grateful for anything that reminds me of what’s possible in this life. Books...”
– Jonathan Safran Foer
lis-san asked: finding your blog is so refreshing; I feel like I actually know you because I can connect with all of your opinions and understand them fully. Wish there were more people like you :') following.
Anonymous asked: I'm actually really bothered that you said a man is more capable of enduring pain than women. I wouldn't expect you to be the type to say that.
“That’s who you really like. The people you can think out loud in front of.”
– John Green
“People speak sometimes about the “bestial” cruelty of man, but that is terribly...”
– Fyodor Dostoyevsky
“I will remember the kisses, our lips raw with love,
and how you gave me...”
– Charles Bukowski
“Among other things, you’ll find that you’re not the first person who was ever...”
– J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
“A dog has no use for fancy cars, big homes, or designer clothes. A water log...”
– John Grogan - Marley and Me
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graspyourbliss asked: i am following you for a while now and i need to tell you that you seem to be such a lovely person. the way you write about everything gets me every time. i really would like to meet you in person. you seem to be a wonderful friend.
transcendentalmusings-deactivat asked: I discovered your blog this morning and have subsequently gone through pages and pages of it. I have found that I love everything you have to say and am genuinely interested in your thoughts. You are a very special human being and I sincerely hope you find the happiness you are looking for and the happiness you deserve in this life. And I want you to know that despite not knowing you and never...
“When you’re sad, you’re not sad. You are merely oblivious to the good things in...”
– Dianna Agron
Anonymous asked: I agree. I think everyone should do these things, but they don't. And you do. It did not have to do with those two posts specifically, but everything you have been posting in all my months of following you. I will refrain from referring to you as perfect if necessary, but know that I appreciate everything you do and think and say, on top of your ambitions and talents and love for your dog and...
“You can feel the whole world and still feel lost in it. So many people are in...”
– Mitch Albom
