certainty is absurd

vande13: A picture in 365 slices. Each slice is one day of the...

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 04:18:20 -0400

A picture in 365 slices. Each slice is one day of the year.

Woah.

"It is much, much worse to receive bad news through the written word than by somebody simply telling..."

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 19:13:37 -0400

“It is much, much worse to receive bad news through the written word than by somebody simply telling you, and I’m sure you understand why. When somebody simply tells you bad news, you hear it once, and that’s the end of it. But when bad news is written down, whether in a letter or a newspaper or on your arm in felt tip pen, each time you read it, you feel as if you are receiving the bad news again and again.”

- Lemony Snicket (via ourveryownpeaceofmind)

luck, it must be said, is a loaded word...

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:54:53 -0500

luck, it must be said, is a loaded word...:

emphasisadded:

luck, it must be said, is a loaded word. sometimes someone’s luck is nothing of their own doing, a result of the privilege of their birth. sometimes we mean luck in the purest way, the happenstance of sitting next to the right person on a bus. (this sort of luck seems practically mythical; one wonders if it ever happens.) but for many people, “luck” is something of their own making: they work hard, network, self-promote, and so on, and one day, they end up in the right place at the right time and catch their break. is that luck? not in the same way, and telling someone who has worked hard that their success is a result of luck is insulting.

- sheryl sandberg is lucky, men are good | via cacioppo: texturism

LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 01: Fireworks light up the London...

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 02:02:44 -0500

LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 01: Fireworks light up the London skyline and Big Ben just after midnight on January 1, 2012 in London, England. Thousands of people lined in central London to ring in the New Year with a spectacular fireworks display.

London.

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Fri, 11 Nov 2011 21:47:48 -0500

Can’t wait to be in LONDON!

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 23:21:45 -0400

Can’t wait to be in LONDON!

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Sun, 25 Sep 2011 22:19:52 -0400

catcher in the rye

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 23:17:27 -0400

catcher in the rye

perfection.

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:32:01 -0400

perfection.

"As Harry Potter was the only other thing I was passionate about, the doctors gave consent for me to..."

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:07:16 -0400

“As Harry Potter was the only other thing I was passionate about, the doctors gave consent for me to leave the hospital and collect the fifth Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, from the local book shop. I was so ecstatic to have the book and excited to begin reading it, but there was never any hint of your imminent arrival and the way you would change my life so drastically. Luna, you instantly captivated me. I didn’t know why but there was something about you with your upside-down magazine, straggly blonde hair, and the honest, abashed way you stared at people without blinking that fascinated and perplexed me at once. You laughed hysterically at one of Ron’s quips and didn’t stop to excuse yourself and feel ashamed when it became clear that everyone found you strange. Throughout the book, I found myself waiting for your brief appearances and wanting to know more about you and why you were the way you were. You baffled me, not because you were odd (though indeed you were), but because you were… perfect. But it was a different kind of perfect to the perfectly thin, smiling magazine girls I simultaneously idolised and reviled. It was the way you carried your oddness like it was the most natural thing in the world. You didn’t market your oddness as your defining feature the way some insecure teenagers do, in guise of confidence and security. And nor were you oblivious to the awkward and uncomfortable feelings your oddness provoked in others. When, unable to comprehend how you wore your oddness so honestly and unashamedly, your peers reverted to mockery and bullying, you recognised this as a reflection of their own deep-seated insecurity and calmly let them carry on, quite above your head. You weren’t trying hard to present a certain aspect of yourself that would boldly identify you in the world. And that’s when it occurred to me how bizarre and positively ridiculous it was to apply the word “weird” to describe you, when you represented the most natural and unpretentious state possible to be; you were yourself.”

- Evanna Lynch, in part of her Dear Mr. Potter letter, where she describes first reading about Luna while in a recovery programme for anorexia (via holymotherofhnng)

No words can describe this girl, she’s making me absolutely speechless.

(via awesomepadfoot)

"One short, fairly stuffy, pedagogical question. Don’t you think there’s a time and place for..."

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:56:05 -0400

““One short, fairly stuffy, pedagogical question. Don’t you think there’s a time and place for everything?””

- J.D Salinger The Catcher In The Rye (via swearthatiamuptonogood)

carlynnvictoria: sealegslegssea: -monophobia: “Well it’s got...

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:17:49 -0400

carlynnvictoria:

sealegslegssea:

-monophobia:

“Well it’s got to be magical.”

well I am more ready than I have ever been for this movie

Crying a river for the rest of my days.

carlynnvictoria: Super DIY Paint Chip Escort Cards | DIY...

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:17:05 -0400

carlynnvictoria:

Super DIY Paint Chip Escort Cards | DIY Wedding Blog | Once Wed

So this one’s about as DIY and budget friendly as it gets. Just go to your local hardware or paint store, pick out a bunch of paint chips within the range of your color palette (free), cut them up, and write everyone’s names on them. Done. :)

What a good idea! So cute, adorable, creative, and colorful. And all for the cost of a marker since that’s pretty much all you’re buying to get this done!

"When I’m 80 years old and sitting in my rocking chair, I’ll be reading Harry Potter. And my family..."

Sun, 10 Jul 2011 18:25:48 -0400

“When I’m 80 years old and sitting in my rocking chair, I’ll be reading Harry Potter. And my family will say to me, “After all this time?” And I will say, ‘Always.’”

- Alan Rickman (via j-autumn)

forever and ever. thecollegeprepster: brilliant! via Ideal...

Sat, 09 Jul 2011 20:50:13 -0400

forever and ever.

thecollegeprepster:

brilliant!

via Ideal Bookshelf

idealistically: A digital collage in the shape of America made...

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 11:01:24 -0400

idealistically:

A digital collage in the shape of America made from over 50 photos of fireworks, by heartmindseoul

"Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not..."

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 22:23:09 -0400

“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”

- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

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Thu, 23 Jun 2011 22:18:42 -0400

life-love-laughter: Isn’t that the truth! {via askhighcotton}

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 21:48:14 -0400

life-love-laughter:

Isn’t that the truth!

{via askhighcotton}

YAAAAAANKS!!! gatherlove: shrimp-n-grits: Not a huge MLB fan,...

Thu, 07 Apr 2011 22:29:59 -0400

YAAAAAANKS!!!

gatherlove:

shrimp-n-grits:

Not a huge MLB fan, but I’m obsessed with cool maps of the ‘ole US of A.

Love me some Texas Ranger Baseball:) Can’t wait to go to games this summer!