May 2013
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“Do your thing and don’t care if they like it.”
– Tina Fey
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“If books could have more, give more, be more, show more, they would still need...”
– Gary Paulsen
california dreaming
styledbybekka:
i’ve been on vacation, but i didn’t forget about you!
my amazing boyfriend and i did the california route 1 coast drive from san francisco down to san diego and a mother’s day surprise for his mom just outside la. check out some of our most inspiring sights and styles from the road!
xo bekka
^My friends are the cutest.
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“All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
supervegan:
To become vegan is not to subscribe to a belief system; it is to eradicate previously held, often dogmatic, belief systems and to replace them with opinions and behaviors based on information that can be scientifically and morally substantiated.
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Darkest Joy.
A whisper in the early light it was just the morning birds I woke up an orange blossom caught in my chest snake skin shed in the space between my toes The morning light exposes all regret songs shared in the dark I was too impatient to keep the lights off.
—Stacey Jean
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“A book is a loaded gun in the house next door.”
– Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
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I recently re-read Fahrenheit 451 and was reminded of how much I love that book.
One of my best friends just started teaching English and was having his students read the book. He said I remind him of the character Clarisse. That makes me happy. Her character kind of reminds me of Luna Lovegood.
I asked my friend (after I finished the book) why I remind him of her and he said, “Because of...
“What is it about lists that we find so irresistible? As far as I can tell, no...”
– Why we love lists. Better yet, Susan Sontag on the allure of lists. (via explore-blog)
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“If they give you ruled paper, write the other way.”
– Juan Ramon Jimenez
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“I ate them like salad, books were my sandwich for lunch, my tiffin and dinner...”
– Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
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“See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in...”
– Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
Watchfeministcontent:
*SHARE THIS! I know the author, and she’s awesome. She’s also donating 5% of the royalties from her book to About-Face, a San Francisco non-profit that focuses on teaching women and girls how to resist harmful media messages that affect self-esteem and body image.
From Amazon:
A scholar, fashionista, and bride-to-be spends a year without mirrors to get a better view of...
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“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the...”
– Mohandas K. Gandhi
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Future Swamps.
My bones like wolves howling in the night. The breaks in the pages where I go to hide. Your hair like fog keeps all the answers in. My hands sketched with lines traces of where I’ve been.
My tomorrow like swamps congealing and distant. The path like early winter’s water uncertain, unsteady. Your dreams Icelandic sunsets magnificent, alive. My own trapped and opaque a cement block in my chest.
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“If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples, then you...”
– George Bernard Shaw
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Keepers of Fire
Hands tied behind my weary back They stone me, they burn me with fire, poke and prod at me with sharp things. I can do nothing.
It is infuriating.
—Stacey Jean
