February 2012
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Tristia by Osip Mandelstam
“I have studied the Science of departures, in night’s sorrows, when a woman’s hair falls down. The oxen chew, there’s the waiting, pure, in the last hours of vigil in the town, and I reverence night’s ritual cock-crowing, when reddened eyes lift sorrow’s load and choose to stare at distance, and a woman’s crying is mingled with the singing of the Muse. Who knows, when the word ‘departure’ is...
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thethousandthgirl:
“It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing.
It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dream, for the adventure of being alive.
It doesn’t interest me what planets are squaring your moon. I want to know if you have...
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Each time you happen to me all over again.
– Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
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Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy, and keep choosing it...
– Henri Nouwen
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Los Angeles is one of the most bizarre places on...
- GQ’s ‘Smelliest Cities on the Planet’
“nowhere but LA” … homesickness abounds
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"Could fulfillment ever be felt as deeply as loss?...
— The Inheritance of Loss
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by Proximity BBDO Paris
… nom nom nom
January 2012
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Psalm 37, of David, part one.
1 Do not fret because of those who are evil or be envious of those who do wrong; 2 for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants they will soon die away.
3 Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture. 4 Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
5 Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he...