May 2013
“I can’t even talk about you to anybody because I don’t want any more people to...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald (via razorshapes)
“Kafka said, A book
must be an axe
for the frozen sea
inside us, which sounds...”
– Matt Rasmussen, from “Elegy in X Parts” (via vaginawoolf)
John Green's tumblr: The Commencement Address →
fishingboatproceeds:
Some people have asked to read the commencement address I delivered this morning to the 2013 graduates of Butler University. So here it is.
My own commencement speaker, who shall remain nameless, began with a lame joke about how these speeches only come in two varieties: Short and bad. This…
“To acknowledge our ancestors means we are aware that we did not make ourselves....”
– - Alice Walker, “In These Dissenting Times” (via variationalbeings)
“Never believe a man can change a woman
Those men are pretenders
who think that...”
– Nizar Qabbani (via pakizah)
“Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.”
– C. S. Lewis (via dailydoseofstuf)
“It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.”
– Jiddu Krishnamurti (via oneleggedwomanisqueen)
“Take a day to heal from the lies you’ve told yourself and the ones that have...”
– Maya Angelou (via the-healing-nest)
“I would call myself tech-savvy in some ways…other times, I’ll look at some...”
– Will Sasso, “The Funny Guy” - PAPER Magazine, May 2013
(via papermag)
