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"To a historian, there's nothing like a non-pertinent detail. To judge is to be bad at your profession. Every detail is a treasure unto itself. Apparently." — Mar 21, 2016 11:54PM
"To a historian, there's nothing like a non-pertinent detail. To judge is to be bad at your profession. Every detail is a treasure unto itself. Apparently." — Mar 21, 2016 11:54PM
“As humans, we waste the shit out of our words. It’s sad. We use words like “awesome” and “wonderful” like they’re candy. It was awesome? Really? It inspired awe? It was wonderful? Are you serious? It was full of wonder? You use the word “amazing” to describe a goddamn sandwich at Wendy’s. What’s going to happen on your wedding day, or when your first child is born? How will you describe it? You already wasted “amazing” on a fucking sandwich.”
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“They lash me with insults,
serenade me with curses.
Their barking means nothing to me.
Even if they came with soul-flowers to offer,
I couldn’t care less.
Untouched, I move on.”
― I, Lalla: The Poems of Lal Dĕd
serenade me with curses.
Their barking means nothing to me.
Even if they came with soul-flowers to offer,
I couldn’t care less.
Untouched, I move on.”
― I, Lalla: The Poems of Lal Dĕd
“Do you ever think anything you don't say?”
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“In order to keep a true perspective of one’s importance, everyone should have a dog that will worship him and a cat that will ignore him.”
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“Look at the sky: that is for you. Look at each person's face as you pass them on the street: those faces are for you. And the street itself, and the ground under the street, and the ball of fire underneath the ground: all these things are for you.”
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