My memory loves you; it asks about you all the time.
- Jonathan Carroll (via lovelyemy)
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Some people have asked to read the commencement address I delivered this morning to the 2013 graduates of Butler University. So here it is.
My own commencement speaker, who shall remain nameless, began with a lame joke about how these speeches only come in two varieties: Short and bad. This…
It feels good to think about you when I’m warm in bed. I feel as if you’re curled up there beside me, fast asleep. And I think how great it would be if it were true.
- Haruki Murakami (via hellanne)
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The Best of the Book Lists 2012
One of our favorite things about the holiday season is the recap of the year in books! Publications, websites, and readers everywhere begin pulling together what they think is the cream of the crop — the best books of the year. Take a look below through some of the lists we’ve pulled together, and keep an eye here for additions to the list as we approach the end of this stellar literary year.
Sorry but I just had to… Skylar Astin. ❤❤
The one thing you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and dance and build and play and dance and live as only you can. The moment that you feel that just possibly you are walking down the street naked…that’s the moment you may be starting to get it right.
- Neil Gaiman (via czarinna)
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We all want to do something to mitigate the pain of loss or to turn grief into something positive, to find a silver lining in the clouds. But I believe there is real value in just standing there, being still, being sad.
- John Green (via amandaonwriting)
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If you loved someone, you loved him, and when you had nothing else to give, you still gave him love.
- George Orwell, “Nineteen Eighty-Four” (via theeunicewu)
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