March 2011
27 posts
“SHE WANTED TO BE UNFORGETTABLE. SHE WANTED TO BE A MEMORY. A WOUND TO EVERY MAN...”
“He smiled understandingly - much more understandingly. It was one of those rare...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby
ALICE
SHE DRANK FROM A BOTTLE CALLED DRINK ME
AND UP SHE GREW SO TALL,
SHE ATE FROM A PLATE CALLED TASTE ME
AND DOWN SHE SHRANK SO SMALL.
AND SO SHE CHANGED, WHILE OTHER FOLKS
NEVER TRIED NOTHIN’ AT ALL.
-SHEL SILVERSTEIN
“I disregard the proportions, the measures, the tempo of the ordinary world. I...”
– Anais Nin
“Words filling my head. Fragmenting like artillery shells. Shrapnel, like...”
– Mark Z. House of Leaves
Larry Page Wants to Return Google to Its Startup...
From the article:
A few ingredients in Larry Page’s stew of traits stand out unmistakably. He is brainy, he is confident, he is parsimonious with social interaction. But the dominant flavor in the dish is his boundless ambition, both to excel individually and to improve the conditions of the planet at large. He sees the historic technology boom as a chance to realize such ambitions and sees...
Support for Gay Marriage Reaches a Milestone: Half... →
“For other people, love is like a rare orchid that can only grow in one place...”
– Scarlett Thomas, Our Tragic Universe
“I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim, and now I am...”
– Frida Kahlo
Brilliant
“You have comfort. You don’t have luxury. And don’t tell me that...”
– Jean Cocteau
“Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless in facing them....”
– Rabindranath Tagore
