April 2011
42 posts
“Happiness is never forever. Deal and survive.”
– (via cudlife)
All the Tall, Shy Young Men
INTERVIEWER: You don't object to my recording our conversations?
JORGE LUIS BORGES: No, no. You fix the gadgets. They are a hindrance, but I will try to talk as if they're not there. Now where are you from?
INTERVIEWER: From New York.
BORGES: Ah, New York. I was there, and I liked it very much—I said to myself: “Well, I have made this; this is my work.”
INTERVIEWER: You mean the walls of the high buildings, the maze of streets?
BORGES: Yes. I rambled about the streets—Fifth Avenue—and got lost, but the people were always kind. I remember answering many questions about my work from tall, shy young men. In Texas they had told me to be afraid of New York, but I liked it. Well, are you ready
INTERVIEWER: Yes, the machine is already working.
BORGES: Now, before we start, what kind of questions are they?
“Silence is beautiful, not awkward. The human tendency to be afraid of something...”
– Elliott Kay (via loveyourchaos)
monocytes asked: how's your day?
“If I suspected the author was trying to show me how to be a better behaved girl,...”
– Beverly Cleary (via bibliofeminista)
hormones prevent me from making good decisions
“what we do in the dark has no hands. no
crossover effect, no good-bye kiss...”
– Marty McConnell, Miniature bridges, Your mouth (via grammatolatry)
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The Cannibal's Canción
It is our custom to consume the person we love. Taboo flesh: swollen genitalia nipples the scrotum the vulva the soles of the feet the palms of the hand heart and liver taste best. Cannibalism is blessed.
I’ll wear your jawbone round my neck listen to your vertebrae bone rapping bone in my wrists. I’ll string your fingers round my waist– what a rigorous embrace. Over my heart I’ll wear a...
“Judgment stands as an obstacle to self-love. When you form judgments about...”
– Orin (via illuminatedbeing) 