February 2011
she decided to free herself, dance into the wind,...
&& birds fluttered around her, writing “yes” in the sky.
— Monique Duval
girLs rule, boys drool
“We’re taught to view women as competition for everything whether it’s romantically or career wise or just socially. Growing up suspicious of other women, we look at each other as fellow competitors in a race but for what? Do we all have the same end goal? I can’t imagine that this is true for all women so I wonder where the support is for each other. I wonder about my own female...
“May the wind always be at your back, the sun upon your face, & may the wings of destiny carry you aloft to dance with the stars.”
— Blow
"all that we are: is the result of what we have...
— Buddha
“I fell in love with her courage, her sincerity, and her flaming self respect. And it’s these things I’d believe in, even if the whole world indulged in wild suspicions that she wasn’t all she should be. I love her and it is the beginning of everything.”
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
““She refused to be bored chiefly because she wasn’t boring.”
—...”
"Let's dance in s.t.y.l.e, Let's dance for a...
style (stīl) noun
1. distinction and elegance of manner and bearing
2. manner or mode of expression in language, as distinct from the ideas expressed; way of using words to express thoughts
3. luxuriousness: elegance and lavishness
4. impressive flair in the way something is done, especially a quality that suggests a self-confident willingness to exhibit skill or good taste.
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paint it bLack
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"if being sane is thinking there’s something wrong...
» I’d rather be comPletely fucking mental.” [Angelina Jolie]
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"n e v e r . . .
love anyone who treats you like ordinary.” - Oscar WiLde
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"I have always lived violently, drunk hugely,...
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“it’s a sin to be tired — kate moss”
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how to have a shoppinG addiction--
“Develop a ‘passion for fashion!’ Or just be a dedicated consumer who fills the void with buying tons of crap they don’t need. Suffer from multiple identity crises.Want to dress like a hippie freak one day and a glamazon the next. Build an insane wardrobe to accommodate your schizophrenic needs. Go to your dealer otherwise known as the bank and apply for a credit card. The...
[mad-nis] –noun 1.the state of being mad; insanity. 2.senseless folly: It is sheer madness to speak as you do. 3.frenzy; rage. 4. intense excitement or enthusiasm.
from dictionary.reference.com
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laughed as she came to my mother, "know this child...
Wonder by Natalie Merchant
I must have heard this song a thousand times, but it wasn’t until today that I really listened to it. I feel like I am discovering it all over again.
“I hit the highway in a pink RV with stars on the ceiling & Lived like a...”
I have been crushin’ on Fitzgerald since my high school days. A writer like that can have my heart, any day.
to be alive in the 20s
“He smiled understandingly-much more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life. It faced—or seemed to face—the whole external world for an instant, and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor. It understood you just as far as you wanted...
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i've been drunk for about a week now, & i thouGht...
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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“Too much sanity may be madness, & the maddest of all: Living life like it is...”
– Miguel de Cervantes
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rePeat >> because after all: these are some of the...
& all anybody really wants to know is… When are you gonna come down? She sees shooting stars and comet tails She’s got heaven in her eyes She says “I don’t need to be an angel But I’m nothing if I’m not this high… But we only stay in orbit For a moment of time” & then you’re everybody’s satellite I wish that you were mine.
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Sam tapped her hand on the steering wheel. Patrick...
“I feel infinite.”
And Sam and Patrick looked at me like I said the greatest thing they have ever heard. Because the song was that great and because we all really paid attention to it.
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower
let's not get to know eachother better →
Here is the link to an essay submission I found on the NY Times website about the science of relationships, written by a USC student. I had to share and of course, point out the best part:
“Out of fear, we shrink ourselves. There have been many times I should have cried but stifled the tears. Instances where I should have said, “I love you” but made a joke instead. Once, a girl dumped me...
“i was sure of everything i wasn’t sure of with you…”
– 500 Days Of Summer
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meet joe bLack
I want you to levitate. I want you to sing with rapture and dance like a dervish.
piCk something up.
“when you fall…”
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in my worLd, chaos and beautiful are synonyms.
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a girL like that. . .
I have a sick obsession with songs about tragically beautiful girls. You know, the ones that break hearts mindlessly? Black balloon goes down as my all time favorite, but since it is one of Goo’s most well known singles, I of course have to dig a little deeper. I got this C.D from one of my best friends, for my birthday, in the 4th grade while I was still wearing training bras. It still...
