Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace.
April 2012
“I know what’s going on inside me—I’m not a fool. But I don’t want to analyze it, I want to use it.”
—Terry Gilliam (via austinkleon)
Erih Frid
САМО ЧЕ
Животът
навярно
щеше да бъде по-прост
ако изобщо
не бях те срещнал
По-малко тъга
всеки път
когато трябва да се разделяме
по-малко страх
от следващата
и по-следващата раздяла
А също не толкова
от този безсилен копнеж
когато те няма - тебе
която желае само невъзможното
и то веднага
в следващия миг
и която после
понеже не може да го получи
е поразена
и тежко диша
Животът
навярно щеше да бъде
по-прост
ако не бях
те срещнал
Само че нямаше да е
моят живот.
“In the act of writing the poem, I am obedient, and submissive. Insofar as one can, I put aside ego and vanity, and even intention. I listen. What I hear is almost a voice, almost a language. It is a second ocean, rising, singing into one’s ear, or deep inside the ears, whispering in the recesses where one is less oneself than a part of some single indivisible community. Blake spoke of taking diction. I am no Blake, yet I know the nature of what he meant. Every poet knows it. One learns the craft, and then casts off. One hopes for gifts. One hopes for direction. It is both physical, and spooky. It is intimate, and inapprehensible. Perhaps it is for this reason that the act of first-writing, for me, involves nothing more complicated than paper and pencil. The abilities of a typewriter or computer would not help in this act of slow and deep listening.”
—Mary Oliver on writing. Thank you, Whiskey River. (via crashinglybeautiful)
“We’re fascinated by the words
but where we meet is in the silence behind them.” —Ram Dass (with thanks to sleepinginthesnow)
but where we meet is in the silence behind them.” —Ram Dass (with thanks to sleepinginthesnow)
“People will occasionally try to take advantage of your good nature and you need to be able to say “No” and “Fuck you” when necessary.”
—Michael Donovan, on bullying (via thatkindofwoman)
“People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.”
—Eleanor Roosevelt (via thelittlephilosopher)
“Sometimes you wake up. Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes, when you fall, you fly.”
—― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 6: Fables and Reflections (via justbesplendid)
