Delicious Burdens

"an act of decorative subversion"

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:00:37 +0800

“an act of decorative subversion”

- Rudi Bremer in reference to her visual art project.

This is how I’d like to live my life.

I wouldn’t say no to those shoes, either.

Unrequited

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:00:16 +0800

Unrequited:

fozmeadows:

…if you sexualise, feel attracted to or are otherwise aroused by someone? That does not mean they are obligated to care, to reciprocate, or even take steps to make themselves less appealing to you… So by all means, be aroused: just don’t expect it to matter to anyone other than yourself, and least of all to strangers.

Photo

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:00:46 +0800

"For me, family is the community you create. It lives in the simplest acts, like laughing at the..."

Sat, 22 Dec 2012 18:28:00 +0800

“For me, family is the community you create. It lives in the simplest acts, like laughing at the dinner table, or being pushed up to the sky on a swing so that you think you know what it means to fly. It is being forced to do the washing up, crying because you don’t want to go to bed, and the frustration of having your nose blown for you.”

- Maya Newell, I am a ‘gayby’ (SMH)

Remembrance by pugletto: Casually emerging from the depths of...

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 15:00:49 +0800

Remembrance by pugletto:

Casually emerging from the depths of sleeplessness just to cripple you with feels.

(Source: pugletz.deviantart.com)

momentumbooks: The 10 Books You Absolutely Must Read People...

Sun, 21 Oct 2012 14:18:02 +0800

momentumbooks:

The 10 Books You Absolutely Must Read

People love telling others what to read. There’s always a new list popping up that contains all the books you most definitely should read before you get hit by a hovercar. Usually these lists are just an opportunity for the author to show off about the books they’ve read (or pretended to at any rate). So here’s my contribution:

1. Every single book by your favourite author

2. The one that a friend recommends even though it’s in a genre you’ve never read

3. The one by the debut novelist you aren’t familiar with

4. The books that mean something to your parents

5. At least one book that was written in another language (preferably a translated edition…unless you can speak the language. In that case, show off)

6. The one with the really cool cover that caught your eye

7. The one you found on a park bench/train carriage

8. The one a struggling writer begs you to read

9. The “adult” novel that was just ahead of your reading level when you were 13

10. The Young Adult novel that one of your kids loved

http://momentumbooks.com.au/blog/the-10-books-you-absolutely-must-read/

"She will hang the night with stars so that I may walk abroad in the darkness without stumbling, and..."

Sat, 20 Oct 2012 14:32:07 +0800

“She will hang the night with stars so that I may walk abroad in the darkness without stumbling, and send the wind over my footprints so that none may track me to my hurt: she will cleanse me in great waters, and with bitter herbs make me whole.”

- Oscar Wilde, from De Profundis (thanks, chaosinordnung)

katespadeny: the romance of the public library

Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:40:42 +0800

katespadeny:

the romance of the public library

"I love unmade beds. I love when people are drunk and crying and cannot be anything but honest in..."

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 14:59:33 +0800

“I love unmade beds. I love when people are drunk and crying and cannot be anything but honest in that moment. I love the look in people’s eyes when they realize they’re in love. I love the way people look when they first wake up and they’ve forgotten their surroundings. I love the gasp people take when their favorite character dies. I love when people close their eyes and drift to somewhere in the clouds. I fall in love with people and their honest moments all the time. I fall in love with their breakdowns and their smeared makeup and their daydreams. Honesty is just too beautiful to ever put into words.”

"A couple in a romance have to challenge each other. They have to expect unreasonable things, and..."

Sun, 12 Aug 2012 14:50:00 +0800

“A couple in a romance have to challenge each other. They have to expect unreasonable things, and unsettle and push each other. Romance and love couldn’t happen without it.”

- Anna Cowan

flamelikeme: My head is still swimming around what happened...

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 14:59:28 +0800

flamelikeme:

My head is still swimming around what happened last night. We all saw the ultimate embodiment of what comedy is supposed to do: deeply personal tragedies somehow transformed, with the enormous, necessary power of an open-hearted audience, into brilliantly-written truths that we’ll all take home with us and keep with us as long as we’ll have a sound-enough mind to remember that show. If schadenfreude is pleasure derived from the misfortune of others, we all shuffled into another corner last night, schadenfreude’s cousin; we’re not laughing at you, we’re crying with you but trying very hard to accept this avalanche of misfortune through the more edible prism of humor.

I’m so grateful I could bear witness to what happened last night, and more than that I’m grateful to comedy and to Tig Notaro for being not only courageous enough and not only spirited enough but for being so endlessly, achingly HONEST with all of us, the stunned, mouth-breathing strangers in the dark. —Kira Hesser

"A living, compassionate Church acknowledges realities like these and asks: what are the moral..."

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 22:56:00 +0800

“A living, compassionate Church acknowledges realities like these and asks: what are the moral choices available for such a person?”

- Jon O’Brien, The Truth about Catholics and Condoms

"Bring this poem to your mouth and suck it till I die."

Sun, 10 Jun 2012 14:46:00 +0800

“Bring this poem
to your mouth

and suck it
till I die.”

- Dorothy Porter, from Stupid as a Poet

Today the world lost a gift. Maurice Sendak (1928-2012) —...

Wed, 09 May 2012 07:18:47 +0800

Today the world lost a gift.

Maurice Sendak (1928-2012) — writer, illustrator and friend to children all over the world

Via everydayramny

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:03:41 +0800

Via everydayramny

"This is the poem of the air, Slowly in silent syllables recorded; This is the secret of..."

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:05:00 +0800

“This is the poem of the air,
Slowly in silent syllables recorded;
This is the secret of despair,
Long in its cloudy bosom hoarded,
Now whispered and revealed
To wood and field.”

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, from “Snow-flakes” (via the-final-sentence)

Chatting with Kate about buying romance books in Australia.

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:54:09 +0800

Chatting with Kate about buying romance books in Australia.

Chatting about reading romance books in Australia...

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:00:56 +0800

Chatting about reading romance books in Australia with katydidinoz!

katydidinoz: I have this poster from National Poetry Month...

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:02:21 +0800

katydidinoz:

I have this poster from National Poetry Month hanging on my wall

Via deo-is-ben

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:00:06 +0800

Via deo-is-ben