March 2012
“A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public;...”
– Søren Kierkegaard (via mirroir)
“He who wishes to approach his own buried past must act like a man who digs. This...”
– Walter Benjamin, A Berlin Chronicle (via colportage)
“Sometimes, when I see the libraries with their magnificent halls and all the...”
– Heinrich von Kleist, German Poet (1777-1811)
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Letters To My Country: In Defense Of Britain's NHS →
letterstomycountry:
From a 2010 LA Times article, preceding the implementation of Britain’s austerity package:
Britain is about to undergo an extreme makeover. And Festus Grant is worried.
The 71-year-old was crippled by a stroke early this year, and he doesn’t know how he would have coped without the “angel of mercy” who knocked on his door a few days after he came home to his modest flat ...
February 2012
“Inevitably we construct ourselves. Let me explain. I enter this house and...”
– Luigi Pirandello, Il Piacere dell’onestà (The Pleasure of Honesty)
Watchadrowningwoman:
The Female Orgasm Explained
This is fascinating. Really well done.
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“To be direct, simple, and brief, let us say this: a just decision is always...”
– Jacques Derrida, “Force of Law: The ‘Mystical Foundation of Authority’”
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“The futility of everything that comes to us from the media is the inescapable...”
– Jean Baudrillard
“When I am…completely myself, entirely alone …my ideas flow best and most...”
– Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
“Psychoanalysis has demonstrated that there is no fundamental difference, but...”
– Sigmund Freud, On Psycho-Analysis (via circulationwithinmyskull)
“If I could, I would stop the passage of time. But hour follows on hour, minute...”
– Guy de Maupassant, French writer (1850-1893)
Anonymous asked: But I like him alot. I love his personality and his style. He seems like the kind of person that would be a great friend to talk to and hang out with. His smile makes me smile and I feel all warm inside. I know he wont like me back, thats why Im on anon. I just want to send him cute things make him smile, because then I will. :) Hes yours as long as I can send him cute things.
Anonymous asked: I'll let you take credit this time, but I was the one to write the anon message to carnivorousdream.
“If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we...”
– Ivan Turgenev (via beethovenlivesupstairs)
“The theatre of repetition is opposed to the theatre of representation, just as...”
– Gilles Deleuze (via lucjanlocke)
10 Most Excellent Reasons to Attack Iran →
bahramnouraei:
pwnageprincess:
1. Iran has threatened to fight back if attacked, and that’s a war crime. War crimes must be punished.
2. My television says Iran has nukes. I’m sure it’s true this time. Just like with North Korea. I’m sure they’re next. We only bomb places that really truly have nukes and are in the Axis of Evil. Except Iraq, which was different.
3. Iraq didn’t go so...
“Optimism,” said Cacambo, “what is that?”
“Alas!” replied Candide, “it is the...”
– Voltaire, Candide (via sunrec)
“Do you really love me? means, Will you accept me in process? Will you embrace...”
– Angela Thomas (via newanddifferentsun)
“Colonialism began with conquest and is today maintained by a settler...”
– Haunani-Kay Trask, from “The Color of Violence” (via hypocrite-lecteur)
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