January 2012
14 posts
“I am told that he did not drink like an ordinary toper, but like a savage, with...”
– Charles Baudelaire on Edgar Allen Poe, from Edgar Poe, sa vie et ses oeuvres (Edgar Allan Poe, His Life and Works, 1852), via (via theshipthatflew)
“Reading gives one something to think about other than one’s self.”
– Tom Bissell (via mythologyofblue)
Dear all, as you are following what it is that inspires me and gives uplift, perhaps I can breathe word to you of this:
some of my writing, hopes and attempts at clarity can be found here from now on - http://birdsongsofpersia.tumblr.com/
The old journal will still be utilised and adored, I’m sure, la : http://stolencompass.livejournal.com/
I hope winter is finding you well and...
December 2011
2 posts
“Life can be magnificent and overwhelming — that is the whole tragedy. Without...”
– Albert Camus
(via sunflower-soul)
November 2011
10 posts
“So you mustn’t be frightened, dear Mr. Kappus, if a sadness rises in front of...”
– Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke (translated by S. Mitchell)
“There’s a famous story about the treatment of mental patients during the Middle...”
– Peter Handke, Interviewed [via] (via itnumberpi)
“The moment you possess anything, the world takes on another aspect. In any case,...”
– B Traven, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (via notsoterriblymisanthropic)
“The people who truly deface our neighbourhoods are the companies that scrawl...”
– Banksy (via perfectlylogicalparadox)
October 2011
35 posts
“His destinations are often locales where he knows no one. He travels not for...”
– Kianoosh Hashemzadeh, from “An Interview with Damon Galgut” (via hypocrite-lecteur)
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“Remember: the problem is not corruption or greed. The problem is the system that...”
– Slavoj Zizek, at Occupy Wall Street (via nevver)
—-»> “Zizek looks like a hipster Socrates, wildly gesticulating at the center of this massive audience. It’s somehow perfect.” [via]
(via itnumberpi)
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My blood is alive with many voices telling me I am made of longing.
-Rilke, from The Book of Hours I, 39
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