September 2010
37 posts
“Holding hands, for example, is a way to remember how it feels to say nothing together.”
—Nicole Krauss, The History of Love (via restyourboneswithme)
Don't Cry, ShopGirl.
You’ve Got Mail means more to me when it’s aired late night on a random cable network than when I throw in the DVD. Why? Because it feels like the universe is saying “Sweet one, you need your old friend today.” And, there that old friend is. I’d skip anything to watch it.
“There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth…not going all the way, and not starting.”
—Buddha (via reluctantbuddha)
“Whatever is done for love always occurs beyond good and evil.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (via reluctantbuddha)
“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”
—Frederick Douglass (via kari-shma)
“Blessed be childhood which brings down something of heaven into the midst of our rough earthliness.”
— Henri F. Amiel (via lastchatwithphontaine)
Words That Don’t Exist in the English Language
L’esprit de escalier: (French) The feeling you get after leaving a conversation, when you think of all the things you should have said. Translated it means “the spirit of the staircase.”
Waldeinsamkeit: (German) The feeling of being alone in the woods.
Meraki: (Greek) Doing something with soul, creativity, or love.
Forelsket: (Norwegian) The euphoria you experience when you are first falling in love.
Gheegle: (Filipino) The urge to pinch or squeeze something that is unbearably cute.
Pochemuchka: (Russian) A person who asks a lot of questions.
Pena ajena: (Mexican Spanish) The embarrassment you feel watching someone else’s humiliation.
Cualacino: (Italian) The mark left on a table by a cold glass.
Ilunga: (Tshiluba, Congo) A person who is ready to forgive any abuse for the first time, to tolerate it a second time, but never a third time.
via myserendipities
“Elegance is a question of personality, more than one’s clothing.”
—Jean-Paul Gaultier (via blos2om)
“So tell me now, where was my fault?
In loving you with my whole heart.” —Mumford and Sons - White Black Page (via quote-book)
In loving you with my whole heart.” —Mumford and Sons - White Black Page (via quote-book)
“Falling in love — you should go with it, regardless of whether or not your heart gets smashed. You’ll be a better person.”
—Sandra Bullock | Submitted by ayeexiana (via quote-book)
