May 2012
29 posts
bornforhardluck:
CHARLIE PATTON - Going To Move...
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“‘Women I have no interest in at all,’ I said smiling. ‘A...”
– the third policeman, flann o’brien
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“And the memory of that moment stayed with them always, so that as long as they...”
– the magician’s nephew, c.s. lewis
filthyaryan:
I Think I’ll Just Stay Here And...
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“Beneath the roof of sleeping leaves the dreams of trees unfold.”
– J.R.R Tolkien (via thenewathena)
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“she sat much like the others at tea.
at first it was as if she held her cup
a...”
– going blind by rainer maria rilke
Maybe Very Happy, Jack Gilbert
partialproof:
After she died he was seized by a great curiosity about what it was like for her. Not that he doubted how much she loved him. But he knew there must have been some things she had not liked. So he went to her closest friend and asked what she complained of. “It’s all right,” he had to keep saying, “I really won’t mind.” Until the friend finally gave in. “She said sometimes you made...
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April 2012
9 posts
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How I Spend Saturday Nights:
In my underwear surrounded by candles wishing I were in the Shire doing exactly the same thing.
“We are homesick most for the places we’ve never known.”
– Carson McCullers, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (via elishajosephine)
We Love Early Medieval History: Greek Fire →
weloveearlymedievalhistory:
Greek Fire, also known as Byzantine Fire, Greek Byzantine Fire, and Sea Fire, was a terrifying naval weapon mastered by the Greeks and the Byzantines during early Medieval times.
This may be the earliest form of naval napalm, and allowed their ships to fight with fire, with some claims that…
March 2012
8 posts
“Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems.”
– Rainer Maria Rilke (via mettafour)
The View from the Inviolate Tower: Three poems by... →
dolorosa:
Hiraeth (Longing)
an tost seo tar éis amhráin This silence after a song
agus an lá ag folcadh san abhainn and the day bathing in the river
idir solas agus clapsolas between light and twilight
an scéach ná cloiseann éinne the scream that no one hears
agus titeann an oíche gleann and night…
February 2012
27 posts
“Gaze deeply into the eyes of your intended, or your formerly intended, or the...”
– John Darnielle before performing “No Children” on 4/15/11 at The TLA in Philadelphia (via amnaumen)