August 2011
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Best Halloween costume ever. →
The kid in the picture is having a great time. You can tell.
“Do your thing and don’t care if they like it.”
– Tina Fey (Bossypants)
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My major is more interesting than yours. →
Or maybe I’m just a word nerd…
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“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient...”
– Dr. Seuss (via musingsinfemininity)
A word of advice... →
If you are ever feeling sad about the world, simply google videos of dogs wearing shoes and your faith will be restored in the good that exists all around us.
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I wish I could be a hat person… I think my head is too large for them though. I always end up looking ridiculous.
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“I’m going to make everything around me beautiful - that will be my life.”
– Elsie de Wolfe (via musingsinfemininity)
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Edna St. Vincent Millay, "First Fig"
sharingpoetry:
My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends— It gives a lovely light! (submitted by preciousteacup)
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Nerding out over here... →
Can’t wait to pick up a copy…
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“Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions. You may...”
– Anon (via fitvillains)
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“I know quite certainly that I myself have no special talent; curiosity,...”
– Albert Einstein (via absea)
Yeaaaah.
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“A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose...”
– Ronald Dahl (via absea)
“When you consider things like the stars, our affairs don’t seem to matter very...”
– Virginia Woolf (via human-voices)
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“I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.”
– Katherine Hepburn (via musingsinfemininity)
“You gotta have style. It helps you get up in the morning. It’s a way of life....”
– Diana Vreeland (via musingsinfemininity)
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“Generally speaking, the most miserable people I know are those who are obsessed...”
– Gordon B. Hinckley (via musingsinfemininity)
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“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.”
– Albert Einstein (via musingsinfemininity)
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“I always have imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
– Jorge Louis Borges (via musingsinfemininity)
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“I think being a feminist means you see the world whole instead of half. It...”
– Gloria Steinem, Gloria: In Her Own Words (via subconciousevolution)
“Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days have been your...”
– The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde. (via musingsinfemininity)
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“Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with...”
– Saul Bellow; Ravelstein (via musingsinfemininity)
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Written 6/10/2011
I want to live recklessly. I want to go on adventures. I want to explore and learn and see things I’ve never seen before. I believe. I know what’s important to me right now and I’m finding new things that are important too. I love life. I want to leave on the spur of the moment. I want to move across the country just because I’m young and beautiful and I don’t want life to pass me by. Go. I have...
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Check out the work of artist Liu Bolin →
Seriously, this guy is incredible. You might have seen some of his work before, even so, give it a second look.
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“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”
– Marcus Tullius Cicero. Many images of the philosopher can be seen in our Digital Gallery. (via nypl) 