February 2012
140 posts
I really need lessons in not giving a fuck.
“Speaking frightens me because, by never saying enough, I also say too much.”
– Jacques Derrida, French Philosopher (1930-2004)
A word that does not exist in the English...
foreverfara:
Ya’aburnee
Arabic – Both morbid and beautiful at once, this incantatory word means “You bury me,” a declaration of one’s hope that they’ll die before another person because of how difficult it would be to live without them.
My 8 year old sister's advice on boys.
Me: What do you do when you like a boy?
Sister: You tell him.
Me: And if he doesn't like you?
Sister: You kill him.
a christian country | langston hughes
loveyourcrookedneighbor:
god slumbers in a back alley with a gin bottle in his hand. come on, god, get up and fight like a man.
“The sadness will last forever.”
– Suicide note of Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)
“What do I ask of a painting? I ask it to astonish, disturb, seduce, convince.”
– Lucian Freud
“[I]t is illegal for women to go topless in most cities, yet you can buy a...”
– Violet Rose, Three Steps to Better Sex
זבת חלב ודבש: הַאמונה- The Faith →
zavatchalavudvash:
This is a song composed by Rav Kook. It was considered by him as a possible alternative to Hatikvah.
לעד חיה בלבבנו האמונה הנאמנה לשוב אל ארץ קדשנו
עיר בה דוד חנה.
Eternally lives in our hearts, the loyal faith [Haemunah] to return to our holy land, the city where David settled.
“On summer days he should mourn, and on wintry nights, he should torture...”
– Yiddish Sayings
