April 2012
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Sonnet XVII
“I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz, or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off. I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul. I love you as the plant that never blooms but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers; thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance, risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body. I love...
So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the...
– Jon Krakauer (via photographic-energy)
Profound.
Everybody has a secret world inside of them. All of the people of the world, I...
– Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 5: A Game of You (via gildings)
To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to...
Ode To The Nice Guy: By Fu-zu Jen
This is a tribute to the nice guys. The nice guys that finish last, that never become more than friends, that endure hours of whining and bitching about what *******s guys are, while disproving the very point. This is dedicated to those guys who always provide a shoulder to lean on but restrain themselves to tentative hugs, those guys who hold open doors and give reassuring pats on the back and...
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phaseslikethemoon:
I write.
I write to give depth to the profound sadness that overcomes me.
I write to give width to the unadulterated exuberance that takes over me.
I write to give peace to the incessant fears that chase after me.
I write to give form to the fervid intensity that drains me.
I write to give back to the moments that took my breath away, only to resurrect me.
I write...
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What Kevin Systrom did. (#1 relates to me the...
8 months & 3 simple, not-so-simple steps to $1 billion… Today, Instagram sold to Facebook for $1 billion. A week ago, when TIME asked Instagram founder, Kevin Systrom, if he would sell the company, he said “It’s not really on the top of our minds right now.” Kevin is 27 years old and started Instagram 18 months ago with Mike Krieger, in October 2010. The company has grown with just 4...