Rabolas's Blog: at sixes and sevens, page 33

bookpatrol: Little Library Pumpkin via

bookpatrol:

Little Library Pumpkin

via

"Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the..."

“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.”

- Virginia Woolf (via quotemadness)

Writing With Mental Illness: How to Keep Creativity Up During Low Times

nicholewrites:

About a week ago, I got this ask  about how to stay creative when you have mental illness and fall into periods of low energy.  I gave a short answer then, but some time has passed and I wanted to dedicate some more attention to the issue.  

If you’ve followed my blog for a while, you’ll know I have depression and anxiety. I’ve gotten a lot better and both are at a manageable state now, but I still suffer from periods of low energy…but I’m also a writer,...

22 James Baldwin Quotes on Life, Literature, and Prejudice

22 James Baldwin Quotes on Life, Literature, and Prejudice:

whilereadingandwalking:

“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read,” James Baldwin said in 1963 in an interview for LIFE Magazine. There are so many perfect James Baldwin quotes about everything from writing to America that it was difficult to fit them into one post.

The American novelist, social critic, and essayist wrote about race, homosexuality, writing, history, and mo...

"That’s how stories happen — with a turning point, an unexpected twist. There’s only one kind of..."

“That’s how stories happen — with a turning point, an unexpected twist. There’s only one kind of happiness, but misfortune comes in all shapes and sizes. It’s like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.”

- Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore (via quotespile)

ypsilonzeta1: “(…) per essere liberi bisogna avere fantasia. Bisogna allenarsi a immaginare altre...

ypsilonzeta1:

“(…) per essere liberi bisogna avere fantasia. Bisogna allenarsi a immaginare altre vite, altri mondi, altri sentimenti, altri pensieri, altri linguaggi.”

— Björn Larsson - Bisogno di libertà
(via perpassareiltempo)

"To build up a library is to create a life. It’s never just a random collection of books."

“To build up a library is to create a life. It’s never just a random collection of books.”

- Carlos María Domínguez (via quotemadness)

adricollage:vamos a darle una vuelta al mundo

adricollage:

vamos a darle una vuelta al mundo

iosonorockmaballoiltango: Prevedo la spoliticizzazione completa dell'Italia: diventeremo un gran...

iosonorockmaballoiltango:

Prevedo la spoliticizzazione completa dell'Italia: diventeremo un gran corpo senza nervi, senza più riflessi… La strada maestra, fatta di qualunquismo e di alienante egoismo, è già tracciata. Resterà forse, come sempre è accaduto in passato, qualche sentiero: non so però chi lo percorrerà, e come.

Pier Paolo Pasolini

iosonorockmaballoiltango: Semplice? Le parole vere; quelle che occorrono perché lei,...

iosonorockmaballoiltango:

Semplice?

Le parole

vere;  quelle che occorrono

perché lei, sorridendo

tra le sue rose pure

di oggi, intenda.

Con un azzurro, un bianco, un verde

– esatti -,

si fa – vedi? – la primavera.

Juan Ramón Jiménez