“Sit in a room and read—and read and read. And read the right books by the right people. Your mind is brought onto that level, and you have a nice, mild, slow-burning rapture all the time.”
—Joseph Campbell (via amandaonwriting)
May 2012
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The Tangential: Insights From My Elders →
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“It amuses me to see how addicted your generation is to those toys.”
- Co-worker referencing the Blackberry in my hand as she glides past my desk on the way to a smoke break.
“Man, it’s been a long time since I’ve been knee-walking drunk…”
- My former internship supervisor’s wistful…
“So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more dangerous to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.”
—Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild (via creatingaquietmind)
“I haven’t the slightest idea how to change people, but still I keep a long list of prospective candidates just in case I should ever figure it out.”
—David Sedaris, Naked (via libraryland)
“The universe doesn’t give you what you ask for with your thoughts - it gives you what you demand with your actions.”
—Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free (via creatingaquietmind)
“Being a geek is all about your own personal level of enthusiasm, not how your level of enthusiasm measures up to others. If you like something so much that a casual mention of it makes your whole being light up like a halogen lamp, if hearing a stranger fondly mention your favorite book or game is instant grounds for friendship, if you have ever found yourself bouncing out of your chair because something you learned blew your mind so hard that you physically could not contain yourself — you are a geek.”
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Becky Chambers (Freelance Writer)
From her Post “What It Means To Be A Geek” @ The Mary Sue [dot] com
(via halefisha)
Compliment or Putdown?
You’ve never wondered if you were being insulted in disguise?
Also, faking outrage at the idea you were called a rock is great fun.
“Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you.
You must travel it by yourself.
It is not far. It is within reach.
Perhaps you have been on it since you were born, and did not know.
Perhaps it is everywhere - on water and land.” —Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass (via creatingaquietmind)
You must travel it by yourself.
It is not far. It is within reach.
Perhaps you have been on it since you were born, and did not know.
Perhaps it is everywhere - on water and land.” —Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass (via creatingaquietmind)
“People do not seem to realise that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (via creatingaquietmind)
The Tangential: The ten most awkward appetizers →
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We present this post from the archives as a public service to Justin Bieber, who—according to “Boyfriend”—apparently thinks fondue is sexy. Not so much, Biebs.
10. Bruschetta. No engineer would design an appetizer like bruschetta. You have a little heap of tomatoes stacked precipitously on…
