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August 2010
203 posts
Anne Jackson's "Permission to Speak Freely"
Not only are these essays on women, sex, porn, etc. amazing, but the way that the blog-community has presented them is amazing.
Start at Don Miller’s blog for the first short essay and click through the links to read all 7.
Start your 10 minute journey here: Essay 1
“His sister, Megan, was like him that way. Beautiful and smart, she’d intimidated most of the boys she’d ever dated. For a long time, she had flitted from one guy to the next, but not out of vanity or flightiness. When he’d asked why she seemed unable to settle down, her answer had been straightforward: ‘There are guys who grow up thinking they’ll settle down some distant time in the future, and there are guys who are ready for marriage as soon as they meet the right person. The former bore me, mainly because they’re pathetic; and the latter, quite frankly, are hard to find. But it’s the serious ones I’m interested in, and it takes time to find a guy like that whom I’m equally interested in. I mean, if the relationship can’t survive the long term, why on earth would it be worth my time and energy for the short term?’”
—The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks (via quote-book)
“I love my best friend more than life. Most days, she’s all I really have. She is the best thing that ever happened to me. She knows my heart, and loves me for it. I need her. She pieces me together. She is half my heart, my twin. I do everything I can to make her happy. I listen, she listens. We make each other better.”
—Veryliberating.com
: Love is a Funny Thing. →
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Love is a funny thing. You expect it to be easy. You expect it to be a world of roses and laughs and perfect moments that you find only in movies. You expect her to always say the right thing, and always know exactly how you feel, or exactly how to react to it. You expect her to calm you down when…
YES!
- Bryan: With so many bands out there, take two, what makes Pierce The Veil special?
- Vic: I think that...
- Mike: Mexican
- Tony: Because we're all Mexican, we're better than the rest.
- Vic: We get much better tans than everyone.
- Jaime: We work harder in the sun, so Warped Tour is the perfect tour for 4 mexicans.
- Tony: We're better at landscaping.
- Mike: Hair.
- Vic: Um, we can paint.
- Mike: I would paint a whole house if you want me to.
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Dear Diary,
Today I’ve convinced myself it’s ok to give up. Don’t take risks. Stick with the status quo, no drama, now is just, not the time. But my reasons aren’t reasons they’re excuses. All I’m doing is hiding from the truth, and the truth is that I’m scared Stefan. I’m scared that if I let myself be happy for even one moment, that the world is going to come crashing down and I don’t know if I can survive that.
” —Elena Gilbert (Vampire Diaries) (via quote-book)
“The way you look at me is kinda like a little sister
You high five your goodbyes and it leaves me with nothing but blisters” —Katy Perry, One of the boys
You high five your goodbyes and it leaves me with nothing but blisters” —Katy Perry, One of the boys
“Apparently Jesus thinks there are two kinds of people in the world: our neighbors, whom we are to love. And our enemies, whom we are to love.”
—Sara Miles (via changingperspective)
“We live in fear and forget to walk with hope. But hope has not forgotten you. So ask it to dinner. It’s probably hungry and would appreciate the invitation.”
—Going Bovine - Libba Bray (via quote-book)
“And I’m suppose to sit by while you date boys and fall in love with someone else, get married…?” His voice tightened. “And meanwhile, I’ll die a little bit more every day, watching.”
—City of Glass, Cassandra Clare (via fuckyeahliteraryquotes)
“I saw in their eyes something I was to see over and over―a burning desire to go, to move, to get under way, anyplace, away from any here.”
—John Steinbeck in The Urge to be Someplace Else (via quote-book)
I don’t think people realize that a band member could mean more to someone than other people. You can’t say things about a band member and not have a person say something back. People have to realize that some people consider a band member or a whole band like their family and won’t let people say stupid things about them.
Can I just reblog and agree with everything.
I knew I wasn’t the only one who thought this
THIS!
“Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit…what a ride!’”
—Hunter S. Thompson | Submitted by christinakim (via quote-book)
“For what it’s worth: It’s never too late, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have strength to start all over again.”
—Benjamin Button (via quote-book)
