Monday, September 17, 2012

even lovers drown

A mermaid found a swimming lad,
Picked him up for her own,
Pressed her body to his body,
Laughed; and plunging down
Forgot in cruel happiness
That even lovers drown.

William Butler Yeats

easiest thing

"It is so hard to leave - until you leave. And then it is the easiest goddamned thing in the world."
- John Green, Paper Towns.

Sunday, August 12, 2012

places

“How hard it is to escape from places. However carefully one goes they hold you. You leave little bits of yourself fluttering on the fences, like rags and shreds of your very life.”
- Katherine Mansfield

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

i think not.

"There is a mysterious force which draws together those who constantly think of each other. Fools call it 'coincidence.'"
- Cecil B. DeMille

Friday, March 23, 2012

expressions.

"I’m not fascinated by people who smile all the time. What I find interesting is the way people look when they are lost in thought, when their face becomes angry or serious, when they bite their lip, the way they glance, the way they look down when they walk, when they are alone and smoking a cigarette, when they smirk, the way they half smile, the way they try and hold back tears, the way when their face says they want to say something but can’t, the way they look at someone they want or love. I love the way people look when they do these things. It’s… beautiful."

Sunday, March 11, 2012

the mad ones

"They danced down the streets like dingledodies, and I shambled after as I've been doing all my life after people who interest me, because the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes 'Awww!' "

"On The Road" - Jack Kerouac

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

happy valentines.

"Unless it's mad, passionate, extraordinary love, it's a waste of your time. There are too many mediocre things in life. Love shouldn't be one of them."

Saturday, January 7, 2012

life of excess.

"Live each season as it passes;
breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit
and resign yourself to the influences of each."
- Henry David Thoreau.