“If a man treats life artistically, his brain is his heart.”
—The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde (via emptycarousels)
November 2011
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“An introvert does not truly have a home country. Wherever they grew up, they have always been treated as a foreigner.”
—Introverts and Travel (via travelhikepsych)
“I’m grateful for anything that reminds me of what’s possible in this life. Books can do that. Films can do that. Music can do that. School can do that. It’s so easy to allow one day to simply follow into the next, but every once in a while we encounter something that shows us that anything is possible, that dramatic change is possible, that something new can be made, that laughter can be shared.”
—Jonathan Safran Foer (via whendustdances)
Crashingly Beautiful: Adam Frank: "The Mystery I'm Thankful For" →
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I once participated in a public debate with another scientist on issues surrounding science and religion. I was an atheist with sympathies for the sacred character of human experience and he was an atheist without such sympathies. At one point in the discussion I tried to convince him that…
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“…fantasy is a place where it rains.”
—Italo Calvino (via sleepinginthesnow)
