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There is a large part of the world that will demand you commit to nothing and that you take things easy. That you choose shallow waters over the deep sea. That you abandon your humanity for some sense of freedom. It’s important that you turn away from these cowards and take your life seriously. That you commit to family, friends, and lovers. That you devote time to your work and passions. That you wake up each day and choose to live despite your fears. And that after each day ends, you lay your head on your pillow with the satisfaction of being deeply human. This is the greatest act of rebellion.

“There is probably no more terrible instant of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man—with human flesh.” - Princess Irulan

uber driver hit me with this today 😭

Baudelaire forever

Cowards starve

Faulkner followed up his thoughts on The Catcher in the Rye by comparing/contrasting Holden with Huck Finn. I like the bit about trying to "save mankind from being de-souled as the stallion or boar or bull is gelded, to save the individual from anonymity before it is too late..."

marlboro reds taste like its serious about being a cigarette

to live a happy life, you must make time to stare at a tree

Highly recommend this btw.

My husband had this “eureka moment”. We talked about marriage on the second day together and got married a few months after we met. Four years and two babies later, here we are! Btw this happens more often than you think, yes even today

let’s bring back smoking in bars i think we’ve earned it

"There must be something like the opposite of suicide, whereby a person radically and abruptly decides to start living"

This is the most compelling argument I’ve seen.

I am positive that there is no drug and probably no amount of money or status that feels as good as I feel when I’m locked in. Your earthly possessions can’t touch me

@sanjehorah @tenshi_anna Yes. Beautifully said.

everyone needs a gandalf sometimes. you have a responsibility to groom people into the heroes you see in them that you know the world needs. you should be issuing calls to adventure when you cannot hear your own

“I could only hope there would be many, many spectators on the day of my execution and that they would greet me with cries of hatred.”

“Deep down, below the surface of the average man's conscience, he hears a voice whispering, 'There is something not right,' no matter how much his rightness is supported by public opinion or moral code.” ― Carl Jung

William Faulkner on The Catcher in the Rye. It's an evocative comment ("when he attempted to enter the human race, there was no human race there") and high praise, though it totally misses the redemptive note that ends the book:

to be seen by someone the way paul newman saw joanne woodward my god