August 2012
“When I was a student at Cambridge I remember an anthropology professor holding...”
– Sandi Toksvig (via amstibovvered, learninglog) (via 5evamore) (via deriver) (via thepessimisticoptimist)
“In 1956, I shall not go to the polls. I have not registered. I believe that...”
– Why I Won’t Vote - W. E. Debois.On October 20, 1956, W. E. B. Du Bois delivered this eloquent indictment of US politics while explaining to Nation readers why he won’t vote in the upcoming Presidential election. Du Bois condemned both Democrats and Republicans for their indifferent positions on the...
reginaholic:
She’s been skipping days, spilling her drinks in the sink and you know, she’s never coming home—never coming home again but when when when she open her eyes eyes eyes beyond the chipping paint through the windowpane lies, lies, lies…. her patron saint
“Realize that anyone who tries to put you down about your appearance is assuming...”
– Skeptifem (via princessmisandry)
“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is...”
– Ernest Hemingway (via moldavia)
“I care so much about making things that are useful for people to have and listen...”
– Regina Spektor (via reginaholic)
“She had made one of the most basic of life errors, and she saw it immediately:...”
– Scarlett Fever by Maureen Johnson. (via theawkwardterrier)
