(via ashleydemon)
It’s quite a thing,” she said. “There are so many men, all endlessly trying to sweep me off my feet. And there is only one of you, trying just the opposite. Making sure my feet are firm beneath me, lest I fall.
one of my (many) favorite quotes from The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
∞ September 16, 2012 at 09:37pm
As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
Henry David Thoreau
Irish Headlands, Ireland
(via awelltraveledwoman)
∞ August 23, 2012 at 12:25pm
Women: If you are single, it is not because your fake eyelashes are too bushy or Kevin doesn’t like cucumber lotion. This shit is an oppressive waste of your time. Here’s my new beauty tip for everyone on earth: Go read a book or something.
Lindy West over at Jezebel. Preach.
∞ August 22, 2012 at 08:41am
“I get really angry when someone says they don’t read fiction because it’s all made up and ‘not real.’ Bullshit! Nothing is more real than fiction. Nothing helps us make sense of the real world more than fiction. Nothing instills in us empathy for others like fiction. As David Foster Wallace said, ‘Fiction is what it is to be a fucking human being.’ That’s my favorite quote of all time, because nothing more true has ever been said.”
Nerdily inclined editor & sometimes writer based in Chicago, IL.
