February 2012
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Inspire: We want to substitute, in our land,... →
elenahol:
We want to substitute, in our land, morality for egotism; probity for honor; principles for customs; ethics for propriety; the rule of reason for the tyranny of fashion; disdain for vice for disdain for misfortune; self-respect for insolence; spiritual grandeur for vanity; love of glory for love…
“Sometimes we desire absolute nonsense because in our stupidity we see in this...”
–
Dostoevsky, Notes from the Underground
“No one I know has any specific memories. Just a vague, vestigial knowledge of a...”
– Warm Bodies|Isaac Marion (via youngadultbookquotes)
astronautes:
oh i see how it is
bears can hibernate and it’s a “part of nature”
but when i do it’s “creepy” and “antisocial”
“Sometimes I touch the things you used to touch, looking for echoes of your...”
– I Wrote This For You
