February 2012
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Nepenthe
\ne-‘pen(t)-the\n 1: a potion used by the ancients to induce forgetfulness of pain or sorrow 2: something capable of causing oblivion of grief or suffering
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“I have always been unsatisfied with life as most people live it. Always I want...”
– Everett Ruess
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“The secret of a full life is to live and relate to others as if they might not...”
– Anais Nin, Journals
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“Where does unbelief begin?
When I was young
there were degrees of certainty....”
– Anne Carson, from “The Glass Essay” (via alinapleskova)
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“They were a melancholy people, those Iranians. Their melancholy was reflected...”
– Muhammad Asad, The Road to Mecca (via touba)
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“To survive, you must tell stories.”
– Umberto Eco, The Island of the Day Before (via mythologyofblue)
January 2012
21 posts
“Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave...”
– William S. Burroughs (via levantine-chant)