Charlotte Eriksson's Blog, page 1387
May 16, 2013
“We do not escape into philosophy, psychology, and art—we go there to restore our shattered selves...
“We do not escape into philosophy, psychology, and art—we go there to restore our shattered selves into whole ones.”
—Anaïs Nin, from In Favor of the Sensitive Man and Other Essays (Mariner Books, 1976)
“If you love me as you say you do,’ she whispered, ‘make it so...
“If you love me as you say you do,’ she whispered, ‘make it so that I am at peace.”
— Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
"I can’t think of any greater happiness than to be with you all the time, without interruption,..."
“I can’t think of any greater happiness than to be with you all the time, without interruption, endlessly, even though I feel that here in this world there’s no undisturbed place for our love, neither in the village nor anywhere else; and I dream of a grave, deep and narrow, where we could clasp each other in our arms as with clamps, and I would hide my face in you and you would hide your face in me, and nobody would ever see us any more.”
- Franz Kafka, The Castle
- Franz Kafka, The Castle
May 15, 2013
Glen Hansard
Glen Hansard
You’re a good memory to have. You were good for a time. And my biggest test of character will always...
You’re a good memory to have. You were good for a time. And my biggest test of character will always be the decision between seeing you and accepting that I will never see you again.
Rootless Tree - The Glass Child (Damien Rice cover)
Rootless Tree - The Glass Child (Damien Rice cover)
"You will be stupid. You will worry your parents. You will question your own choices, your..."
“You will be stupid. You will worry your parents. You will question your own choices, your relationships, your jobs, your friends, where you live, what you studied in college, that you went to college at all… If that happens, you’re doing it right.”
- Ira Glass
- Ira Glass
