hello alyse!

Photo

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 23:08:30 -0500

Photo

Sat, 25 Aug 2012 09:59:39 -0400

"You may be poor, but the one thing nobody can take away from you is the freedom to fuck up your life..."

Sat, 25 Aug 2012 09:53:23 -0400

“You may be poor, but the one thing nobody can take away from you is the freedom to fuck up your life whatever way you want to.”

- Jonathan Franzen :: Freedom

"Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it."

Sat, 25 Aug 2012 09:44:14 -0400

““Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it.””

- Donna Tartt :: The Secret History

never think of pain or danger or enemies longer than is necessary to fight them :: ayn rand :: atlas shrugged

Sat, 25 Aug 2012 09:24:58 -0400

never think of pain or danger or enemies longer than is necessary to fight them :: ayn rand :: atlas shrugged

"we need never be ashamed of our tears"

Sat, 25 Aug 2012 09:23:02 -0400

“we need never be ashamed of our tears”

- Charles Dickens, Great Expectations

1Q84 Haruki Murakami

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:53:31 -0400

1Q84 Haruki Murakami

win a battle everyday

Sun, 19 Aug 2012 13:26:26 -0400

Our goals serve as maps that lead us to becoming the person we keep talking about being. It won’t happen overnight. The surest way to get there is to act on them everyday. Aspirations need attention and that attention will command action. Everyday we advance or retreat on the visions that we have for our future selves. Daily decisions and attitudes are skirmishes on the battlefield for our ultimate success. Win a battle everyday.Take the first step, the third step or the 33rd step. Just keep moving in the direction of your dreams. Exercise for 15 minutes. Write a page of your novel. Transfer five dollars to your savings account. Make progress. Something small. Everyday. Keep the momentum.

"There is nothing scarier in the world then knowing where you want to go but having absolutely no..."

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 08:26:02 -0400

“There is nothing scarier in the world then knowing where you want to go but having absolutely no idea how to get there. Except knowing where you want to go, knowing how to get there and having no idea who you are when you arrive.”

- Eric Schaeffer, Fall

if there is a fairy tale to be had - can i have it now please?

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 23:00:41 -0400

if there is a fairy tale to be had - can i have it now please?

i wanted it to be beautiful… i wanted to believe that i could make something beautiful.

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 22:51:01 -0400

i wanted it to be beautiful… i wanted to believe that i could make something beautiful.

everyone deserves a good mountain to climb…

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 22:43:18 -0400

everyone deserves a good mountain to climb…

Photo

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 16:56:09 -0400

"We should reward people, not ridicule them, for thinking the impossible."

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 16:22:39 -0400

“We should reward people, not ridicule them, for thinking the impossible.”

- Nassim Nicholas Taleb, “Learning to Expect the Unexpected,” The New York Times, 2004-04-08.

Fumbling towards righteousness…

Sun, 05 Aug 2012 21:13:21 -0400

Fumbling towards righteousness…

…within the context of humanity.

Sun, 05 Aug 2012 21:12:08 -0400

…within the context of humanity.

"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has it’s own reason for existence."

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 13:22:30 -0400

“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has it’s own reason for existence.”

- Albert Einstein

"the robbed that smiles steals something from the thief"

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 22:59:50 -0400

“the robbed that smiles steals something from the thief”

- William Shakespeare, Othello

(The Duke to Brabantio, Act I, Scene III)

"How does the ordinary person come to the transcendent? For a start, I would say, study poetry. Learn..."

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 12:56:54 -0400

“How does the ordinary person come to the transcendent? For a start, I would say, study poetry. Learn how to read a poem. You need not have the experience to get the message, or at least some indication of the message. It may come gradually.”

- Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor

"Many come to bring their clothes to church rather than themselves."

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 12:55:41 -0400

“Many come to bring their clothes to church rather than themselves.”

- Thomas Fuller