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“I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,
or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.
I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.

I love you as the plant that never blooms
but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers;
thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance,
risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.
I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;
so I love you because I know no other way than this:
where I does not exist, nor you,
so close that your hand on my chest is my hand,
so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep.”

— Pablo Neruda

Posted on February 4, 2012

Vaclav Havel, Dead at 75

Vaclav Havel, the dissident playwright who wove theater into politics to peacefully bring down communism in Czechoslovakia, has died.

Posted on December 21, 2011

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To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never, to forget.

Arundhati Roy

Posted on November 18, 2011

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“The marvels of daily life are exciting; no movie director can arrange the unexpected that you find in the street.” —Robert Doisneau

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Posted on October 11, 2011 via First Time User with 5,293 notes

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The Monkey Painter, 1833 by Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps

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Posted on October 11, 2011 via First Time User with 53 notes

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Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure — these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

Steve Jobs, 1955-2011

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Posted on October 6, 2011

It takes a lot of things to change the world:
Anger and tenacity. Science and indignation,
The quick initiative, the long reflection,
The cold patience and the infinite perseverance,
The understanding of the particular case and the understanding of the ensemble:
Only the lessons of reality can teach us to transform reality.

Bertolt Brecht

Posted on July 6, 2011

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Anti-government demonstrators display their hands — which read “Youth of the Freedom” — as they demand the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Taiz Tuesday.

Photo by Anees Mahyoub (AP)

Posted on June 17, 2011 via Style with 9,124 notes

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