hate is baggage

"So I guess this is where I tell you what I learned - my conclusion, right? Well, my conclusion is: Hate is baggage. Life's too short to be pissed off all the time. It's just not worth it.

Derek says it's always good to end a paper with a quote. He says someone else has already said it best. So if you can't top it, steal from them and go out strong. So I picked a guy I thought you'd like.

'We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.'" - danny vinyard, american history x

in the absence of hope

"i just ... i just need something to happen. a sign that things are going to change.

i need a reason to go on. i need some hope. and in the absence of hope,

i need to stay in bed and feel like i might die today." - meredith grey

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anne hathaway | 2008 HRC los angeles dinner

"There are people who have said that i’m being brave for being openly supportive of gay marriage, gay adoption, basically of gay rights but with all due respect I humbly dissent, i’m not being brave, i’m being a decent human being. And I don’t think I should receive an award for that or for merely stating what I believe to be true, that love is a human experience not a political statement, however, I acknowledge that sadly we live in a world where not everybody feels the same. My family and I will help the good fight continue until that long awaited moment arrives, when our rights are equal and when the political limits on love have been smashed." - anne hathaway

tyranny vs. liberty

"Where the people fear the government you have tyranny.
Where the government fears the people you have liberty." - john basil barnhill


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that feeling

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book lover

"The man who does not read good books has no advantage
over the man who can't read them." - mark twain

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knock knock

“I have lived on the lip of insanity,
wanting to know reasons,
knocking on a door. It opens.
I've been knocking from the inside” - rumi

the tracey fragments

"He stuck his cock in me and said I love you, in that exact order. Now I'm not afraid to die. 'Cause like birds and bees and bugs, they all die after they fuck."

"Exhibit A - my father. He had sex with my mum to make me but, you know, I think he like, frickin fell on her or something because he says that we're both accidents."

"When a horse falls, foam comes out of its mouth. When it falls, the legs of the horse thrash and the horse is no good ... so somebody shoots it. The horse turns into glue. A machine puts the glue into bottles and children squeeze the bottles to get the glue out and stick bits of paper onto cards. Glue gets on the children's hands and the children eat the glue. And the children become the horse."

"I don't like the country. Creeps me out. In the country, dead bodies live in swamps, and ditches, and shallow graves. A man dumps the body of a girl in a ditch. The body rotts; Melts into slime. Flowers pop up where the body lies, seeds fly out of the flowers, and a bee sucks the flowers and makes honey. And then the family of the girl buys the honey from the store. And the family eats the girl."

foalsfoalsfoals

"i think we can safely say australia is the best place to tour in the world.
why didn't we do this earlier?" - foalsfoalsfoals via twitter

you think melbourne's crowd on monday was good. wait till you experience tuesday.

monday: people who couldn't beat the tuesday rush for tickets, or people who hesitated buying tickets because they just weren't too sure.
tuesday: the awesome ones who found you before you were famous.

... need i say more?

the notebook

at the risk of sounding corny. i love this scene.

Noah: Well that's what we do, we fight ... You tell me when I am being an arrogant son of a bitch and I tell you when you are a pain in the ass. Which you are, 99% of the time. I'm not afraid to hurt your feelings. You have like a 2 second rebound rate, then you're back doing the next pain-in-the-ass thing.
Allie: So what?
Noah: So it's not gonna be easy. It's gonna be really hard. We're gonna have to work at this every day, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, forever, you and me, every day. Will you do something for me, please? Just picture your life for me? 30 years from now, 40 years from now? What's it look like? If it's with him, go. Go! I lost you once, I think I can do it again. If I thought that's what you really wanted. But don't you take the easy way out.

flawed

"i myself am made entirely of flaws,
stitched together with good intentions." - augusten burroughs

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banksy is king

whether or not mr. brainwash is real, i thoroughly enjoyed exit through the gift shop. it gives the viewer a whole new perspective. it makes you question, what is art? and can just anyone be an artist? the documentary covers the following: -

• satire brilliance
• inspiration meshed in misinterpretation
• good things being overkilled by commercialism
• mentality
• society's foolishness
• ... and then some
  

banksy (if it really was him) quotes: -

"Most artists take years to develop their style, Thierry seemed to miss out on all those bits."

"There's no one like Thierry, even though his art looks like everyone else's."

"Warhol repeated iconic images until they became meaningless, but there was still something iconic about them. Thierry really makes them meaningless."

"I used to encourage everyone I knew to make art; I don't do that anymore."

i ♥ blair

"i suddenly realised it. the way to get over you, wasn't by hooking up with some random guy or pretending like we didn't happen. you and i loved each other, and then you broke my heart. i've been doing everything possible not to face that fact. i'm going to kiss somebody some day, and when i do, it'll be for me." - blair waldorf

poach me

"You wanna do breakfast? I can fry you, poach you, scramble you. Do you anyway you like. But shower though, cause ems, you smell of something and it ain't roses." - naomi

i heart panda

"some days are disasters, that you wish could just end. other days are bastards, just like a bad boyfriend. but it makes me feel much worse than this to see a face masked with a frown. i'm not telling you to smile but don't be down. don't be down, my friend. don't do your wrist any harm. you don't belong on a funny farm. and i'd rather see you in a party dress than in a hospital gown. i'm not telling you to smile but don't be down." - pandora

the golden compass

"not all who wander are lost"

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marilyn

"This life is what you make it. No matter what, you’re going to mess up sometimes, it’s a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you’re going to mess it up. Girls will be your friends - they’ll act like it anyway. But just remember; some come, some go. The ones that stay with you through everything - they’re your true best friends. Also remember, sisters make the best friends in the world. As for lovers, well they come and go, too. And babe, I hate to say it, most of them, actually pretty much all of them, are going to break your heart. But you can’t give up because if you give up, you’ll never find your soul mate. You will never find that half that makes you whole, and that goes for everything. Just because you fail once, doesn’t mean you’re going to fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always always always believe in yourself, because if you don’t, then who will, sweetie? So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life’s such a beautiful thing and there is so much to smile about." - marilyn monroe

truth

Vice Magazine: Me too. I think it’s all about paradoxes. People don’t get it; they think you’re being contradictory, but two things can exist simultaneously that are opposed. There’s no mystery in that.

Karl Lagerfeld: Truth is only a question of point of view.

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the essence

"When you get to know someone, all their physical characteristics start to disappear. You begin to dwell in their energy, recognize the scent of their skin. You see only the essence of the person, not the shell. That’s why you can’t fall in love with beauty or looks. You can lust after it, be infatuated by it, want to own it. You can love it with your eyes and your body, but not your heart. That’s why when you really connect with a person, any physical imperfections disappear, become irrelevant." - ohmierda

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stranger

“I believe the saddest thing in life, is caring so much for someone and then one day you look into their eyes and listen to them talk and realise that they are gone. All you see in front of you is a stranger with just a known name.” - unknown