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"Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights..."

Thu, 02 May 2013 15:46:41 -0400

“Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual).”

- Ayn Rand

"I live my own life and nurse my own wounds. It’s not the best way to live. But it’s the way I am."

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:15:06 -0400

“I live my own life and nurse my own wounds. It’s not the best way to live. But it’s the way I am.”

- Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex (via deliriant)

"I believe the universe wants to be noticed. I think the universe is inprobably biased toward the..."

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:01:14 -0500

“I believe the universe wants to be noticed. I think the universe is inprobably biased toward the consciousness, that it rewards intelligence in part because the universe enjoys its elegance being observed. And who am I, living in the middle of history, to tell the universe that it-or my observation of it-is temporary?”

- John Green, The Fault in our Stars

"Life isn’t finding shelter in the storm. It’s about learning to dance in the rain."

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:56:19 -0500

“Life isn’t finding shelter in the storm. It’s about learning to dance in the rain.”

- Sherrilyn Kenyon, Acheron

"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does..."

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:32:00 -0500

“

All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.

”

- J.R.R. Tolkien, the Fellowship of the Ring

"So yes, we could kiss. I could kiss you and you could kiss me. There’s no science, plane ticket or..."

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 20:59:28 -0500

“So yes, we could kiss. I could kiss you and you could kiss me. There’s no science, plane ticket or clock stopping us. But if we kiss, it will end the world. And I’ve ended the world before. No one survived. Least of all me.”

- Iain Thomas (via loveyourchaos)

"That’s the thing about depression: A human being can survive almost anything, as long as she..."

Sun, 23 Dec 2012 18:00:12 -0500

“That’s the thing about depression: A human being can survive almost anything, as long as she sees the end in sight. But depression is so insidious, and it compounds daily, that it’s impossible to ever see the end. The fog is like a cage without a key.”

- Elizabeth Wurtzel

"In the 20th century, the United States endured two world wars and other traumatic and expensive..."

Sun, 23 Dec 2012 17:58:23 -0500

“In the 20th century, the United States endured two world wars and other traumatic and expensive military conflicts; the Depression; a dozen or so recessions and financial panics; oil shocks; a flu epidemic; and the resignation of a disgraced president. Yet the Dow rose from 66 to 11,497.”

- Warren Buffett

"As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway..."

Thu, 22 Nov 2012 21:48:51 -0500

“As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.”

- Henry David Thoreau

"There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more..."

Thu, 22 Nov 2012 21:44:16 -0500

“There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.”

- Washington Irving

"I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my..."

Thu, 22 Nov 2012 21:39:59 -0500

“I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house, we had an enormous feast, and then I killed them and took their land.”

- Jon Stewart

"Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when you eat, and when you sleep, really to..."

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 01:15:42 -0500

“Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when you eat, and when you sleep, really to sleep. Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough.”

- Ernest Hemingway (via lunar-midnight)

"[I would] make me a willow cabin at your gate and call upon my soul within the house, write loyal..."

Sun, 18 Nov 2012 20:10:31 -0500

“[I would] make me a willow cabin at your gate and call upon my soul within the house, write loyal cantons of contemned love, and sing them loud even in the dead of night; Halloo your name to the reverberate hills, and make the babbling gossip of the air cry out ‘Olivia!’ O you should not rest between the elements of air and earth but you should pity me.”

- William Shakespeare (Twelfth Night)

"You have to walk carefully in the beginning of love; the running across fields into your..."

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 23:00:05 -0400

“You have to walk carefully in the beginning of love; the running across fields into your lover’s arms can only come later when you’re sure they won’t laugh if you trip.”

- Jonathan Carroll

"I know you’ve come to kill me. Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man."

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 22:55:51 -0400

“I know you’ve come to kill me. Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man.”

- Che Guevara (his dying words)

"Just for the record, the weather today is partly suspicious with chances of betrayal."

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 22:54:00 -0400

“Just for the record, the weather today is partly suspicious with chances of betrayal.”

- Chuck Palahniuk (via quirkytitle)

"Be so good they can’t ignore you."

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 21:50:33 -0400

“Be so good they can’t ignore you.”

- Steve Martin

"Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you don’t need..."

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 21:49:32 -0400

“Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you don’t need to escape from.”

- Seth Godin

"I believe in the forces of nature, I believe in the power of evolution, I believe that I am made of..."

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 15:56:32 -0400

“I believe in the forces of nature, I believe in the power of evolution, I believe that I am made of elements created in the hearts of stars now long dead, I believe that through some miracle of circumstance and chance I was born. When I say I believe in god this is what I refer to. Not one, specific, and transcendent being. I give the name “God” to everything that has happened, every event that occurred, that led to my creation. That, I think, is worthy of awe and reverence. That alone allows me to be both scientific and religious. God is everywhere because god (for me) is everything that exists. The vast natural machine, if you will, that created everything. Created itself.”

- Max Kirkham (x)

"It is public sin that offends. A sin in private is not a sin at all."

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 01:03:19 -0400

“It is public sin that offends. A sin in private is not a sin at all.”

- Moliere