May 2010
22 posts
“Writers aren’t exactly people … they’re a whole lot of people trying to be one...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald (via the-roadhouse)
“do anything, but let it produce joy.”
– henry miller (via goodeggs) (via emphasisadded)
“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.”
– Ray Bradbury (via ecosystemlife)
Barfly by Charles Bukowski
Jane, who has been dead for 31 years, never could have imagined that I would write a screenplay of our drinking days together and that it would be made into a movie and that a beautiful movie star would play her part. I can hear Jane now: “A beautiful movie star? oh, for Christ’s sake!” Jane, that’s show biz, so go back to sleep, dear, because no matter how hard...
Nicole Richie
Five things I know about style: NICOLE RICHIE | Life and style | The Observer
1 Having great personal style shouldn’t have to mean sacrificing comfort. This has become even more important to me since having children. There’s absolutely no way I’m ever going to go out wearing 7in heels again.
2 Layering is the key to an easy and chic look. In my Winter Kate collection I’ve...
quote-book:
“Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe, a moment that will never be again. And what do we teach our children? We teach them that two and two make four, and that Paris is the capital of France. When will we also teach them what they are? We should say to each of them: Do you know what you are? You are a marvel. You are unique. In all the years that have passed,...
stfuconservatives:
“And even if we did have only Christians in our midst, if we expelled every non-Christian from the United States of America, whose Christianity would we teach in the schools? Would we go with James Dobson’s, or Al Sharpton’s? Which passages of Scripture should guide our public policy? Should we go with Leviticus, which suggests slavery is ok and that eating shellfish is...
the-roadhouse:
Tell me about the dream where we pull the bodies out of lake and dress them in warm clothes again. How it was late, and no one could sleep, the horses running until they forgot that they are horses. It’s not like a tree where the roots have to end somewhere, it’s more like a song on a policeman’s radio, how we rolled up the carpet so we could dance, and the days were bright...
Jonathan Adler: Our Manifesto
emphasisadded:
We believe that your home should make you happy. We believe that when it comes to decorating, the wife is always right. Unless the husband is gay. We believe in carbohydrates and to hell with the puffy consequences. We believe minimalism is a bummer. We believe handcrafted tchotchkes are life-enhancing. We believe tassels are the earrings of the home. We believe in our muses:...
