I see the sun, and if I don’t see the sun, I know it’s there. And there’s a whole life in that, in knowing that the sun is there. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Tag Archives: life
Someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability. And to help repair tears in her society, to make things a little better through the use of whatever ability she has. To do something, as my colleague David Souter would say, outside myself. ‘Cause I’ve gotten …
Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life. Maya Angelou (via magicinhermadness)
with the right people. a year is a lifetime. find the people who want to live lives with you. Nayyirah Waheed
kellysue: purfuction: everyday #bgsd There is a page in one of my journals just like this.
One hears it a lot on airplanes: “Make sure you have your own mask on, before helping others with theirs.” Daniel Handler [Lemony Snicket], upon being asked “What’s your very best life advice?"
The last of the suburbs was still passing by, hunkered down for the winter and still as Sunday. Alex felt a particular yearning for the suburbs between an airport and a city; he wanted to stop the car and knock on one of those pine doors, and squeeze in between the fireman and his wife …
Not so sure about that, but it’s worth a try. [Image: Chalkboard street sign that reads “coffee will make this better”]
CLARITY AND CHAOS 