frailty

"Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other."

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:00:20 +0800

“Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.”

- John Steinbeck (Of Mice and Men)

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Thu, 23 May 2013 08:00:19 +0800

atramentum: You are not made of stone. There was a moment whenyou believed you were, when you built...

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:00:32 +0800

You are not made of stone. There was a moment when
you believed you were, when you built a fortress
and equipped your body with armor that could protect you
from the fire outside, the arrows flying
from all directions. Life will eventually break through and
remind you that you’re just another mortal body
that crumbles under dysphoria and the things-that-remind-you-of.

He will break what is left of your spirit. He will do it without
meaning to, without any effort. It’ll only take
a few words. It will be easy. And it will hurt even if you try
very hard not to let it.

They will tell you to talk to him. Grasp his shoulders
brutally and shake him senseless. Scream close
to his ear if you have to. They will not understand.
They will say, we will be here for you always, but don’t
believe them. They actually mean that they’ll be here for you
except when they are sleepy or they are too lazy to get off the couch
or when it is raining outside.

It is always the same. Big lies fashioned out of little ones.
A race to see who’s better than who, and words,
more words and the desire
to ruin the gentle, the innocent or the happy.

In the aftermath, you will be alone
but light will shine inside you, the one thing they can’t kill
And you will remember that you are not
made of stone and that’s okay. You are something else.
Something more beautiful and soft in all places,
and water overflows out of your eyes
even on sunny days.

(by Lea Woodpecker)

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:00:32 +0800

(by Lea Woodpecker)

"Everything is more beautiful because we are doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We..."

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:00:24 +0800

““Everything is more beautiful because we are doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.””

- Homer, The Iliad (via ohfairies)

"I’m not gonna sit around and waste my precious divine energy trying to explain and be ashamed of..."

Tue, 21 May 2013 08:00:18 +0800

“I’m not gonna sit around and waste my precious divine energy trying to explain and be ashamed of things you think are wrong with me.”

- Esperanza Spalding (via likeafieldmouse)

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Mon, 20 May 2013 16:00:24 +0800

"We’ve got a sort of brainwashing going on in our country, Morrie sighed. Do you know how they..."

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:00:29 +0800

““We’ve got a sort of brainwashing going on in our country, Morrie sighed. Do you know how they brainwash people? They repeat something over and over. And that’s what we do in this country. Owning things is good. More money is good. More property is good. More commercialism is good. More is good. More is good. We repeat it—and have it repeated to us—over and over until nobody bothers to even think otherwise. The average person is so fogged up by all of this, he has no perspective on what’s really important anymore.
Wherever I went in my life, I met people wanting to gobble up something new. Gobble up a new car. Gobble up a new piece of property. Gobble up the latest toy. And then they wanted to tell you about it. ‘Guess what I got? Guess what I got?’
You know how I interpreted that? These were people so hungry for love that they were accepting substitutes. They were embracing material things and expecting a sort of hug back. But it never works. You can’t substitute material things for love or for gentleness or for tenderness or for a sense of comradeship.
Money is not a substitute for tenderness, and power is not a substitute for tenderness. I can tell you, as I’m sitting here dying, when you most need it, neither money nor power will give you the feeling you’re looking for, no matter how much of them you have.””

- Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie (via atramentum)

likeafieldmouse: Hein Koh - Cosmic Paintings (2010) - Acrylic...

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:00:11 +0800

likeafieldmouse:

Hein Koh - Cosmic Paintings (2010) - Acrylic on canvas

1. Big Bang

2. Heaven

3. Big White Swirl

"People always say that when you love someone, nothing in the world matters. But that’s not true, is..."

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:00:31 +0800

“People always say that when you love someone, nothing in the world matters. But that’s not true, is it? You know, and I know, that when you love someone, everything in the world matters a little bit more.”

- “Handle with Care” by Jodi Picoult (via kari-shma)

"In a child’s eyes, a mother is a goddess. She can be glorious or terrible, benevolent or filled with..."

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:00:26 +0800

“In a child’s eyes, a mother is a goddess. She can be glorious or terrible, benevolent or filled with wrath, but she commands love either way. I am convinced that this is the greatest power in the universe.”

- N. K Jemisin, A Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (via helplesslyamazed)

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Sat, 18 May 2013 18:00:15 +0800

"In truth, you like the pain. You like it because you believe you deserve it."

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:00:12 +0800

“In truth, you like the pain. You like it because you believe you deserve it.”

- Marya Hornbacher (via kitty-en-classe)

"I don’t blame you for being you, but you can’t blame me for hating it."

Sat, 18 May 2013 06:00:10 +0800

“I don’t blame you for being you, but you can’t blame me for hating it.”

- Fall Out Boy - A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More “Touch Me” (via mrjoshua79)

mydarkenedeyes: Edwin Monsalve

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:00:26 +0800

mydarkenedeyes:

Edwin Monsalve

"Do not bring people in your life who weigh you down. And trust your instincts… good relationships..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:30:00 +0800

“Do not bring people in your life who weigh you down. And trust your instincts… good relationships feel good. They feel right. They don’t hurt. They’re not painful. That’s not just with somebody you want to marry, but it’s with the friends that you choose. It’s with the people you surround yourselves with.”

- Michelle Obama (via kristnohhh)

"They do not teach you this in school. They do not show you the beauty of existing, they do not show..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:00:00 +0800

“They do not teach you this in school. They do not show you the beauty of existing, they do not show you the wonder of the Earth, they do not show you the unity that human beings are. They show you who is better, who is worse. They show you what they need to show you in order for their system to survive. They do not show you love.”

- (via dissonancemindwave)

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Fri, 17 May 2013 06:00:27 +0800

atomiclanterns: I’m starting to realise one of the worst things we can do as people is to undermine...

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:00:07 +0800

atomiclanterns:

I’m starting to realise one of the worst things we can do as people is to undermine other’s passions or the love they share with other people. a person looking at someone else’s relationship and thinking that theirs is more developed, genuine or loving, or that this relationship lacks something which you possess, is just ridiculous. On the bus the other day I heard some girl complaining about her friend who “thought” she was in love after dating someone for “only” two weeks. So what if she feels she is in love? Whatever she is feeling is what love feels for her and it’s okay for her to feel that way, it isn’t hurting anyone and it certainly shouldn’t be mocked. We shouldn’t put boundaries or boxes around feelings. I hate what the magazine teaches us — wait three months before you say ‘I love you’, that wait even longer for sex, on the first date don’t give too much away, you can’t call her until the third day after. Those things don’t work for everybody. I just want people to love their family, friends and partners knowing what you feel but not looking down upon anyone who you believe doesn’t share the same amount of love.

pinum: untitled by come wind come rain on Flickr.

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:31 +0800

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untitled by come wind come rain on Flickr.