September 2011
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“Because the night you asked me,
the small scar of the quarter moon
had...”
– Linda Pastan, Because (via grammatolatry)
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grammatolatry:
“I wanted the blood from the lip you’d bite open for me. I wanted the soft back of your knee that glowed like an otter’s eye, the flag of hair you’d throw out through the wild sky, singing praises to Him through the air. Clearly put, I was not born to be one more pretty poppy in that garden. One more handful of fruit just for you to bite, a patch of dirt where you could plant your...
August 2011
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“I miss the way your neck
wraps around my face like a cave we are both lost in....”
– Jon Sands, excerpt from A Working List of Things I Will Never Tell You (via holdonmagnolia)
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Dear Poetry, Prose, and Lit community
holdonmagnolia:
I’ve gotten a very, very, very large handful of messages from people and a ton of new followers (hi!) both supporting and thanking me for my recent posts.
Unfortunately with these messages comes a lot of concern about an editor here on Tumblr who has been actively harassing users via messages and posts. I’m making this post because people I know have been harassed in various...
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"Garbage and Gravitas" or "Why Ayn Rand Sucks... →
When playing the part of the Philosopher, Rand liked to claim Aristotle as her tutor. “Never have so many”—uncharacteristically, she included herself here—”owed so much to one man.” It’s not clear how much of Aristotle’s work Rand actually read: when she wasn’t quoting Galt, she had a habit of attributing to the Greek philosopher statements and ideas...
askarsswedishmeatballs:
Anyone who says one of their favorite books was written by Ayn Rand goes immediately to the top of the “DNW EVER EVER IN MY ENTIRE LIFE EVEN IF WE WERE THE LAST PEOPLE ON EARTH AND THERE WAS NO OTHER WAY TO REPOPULATE” list.
Just sayin’.
Anyone who says one of their favorite books was written by Ayn Rand has never read a book read by Ayn Rand.
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“You don’t have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body.”
– C. S. Lewis (via swampscotia)
I think this is one of the greatest explanations of CS Lewis’ approach to Christianity and why he believes it to be the right religion for him.
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“We must make it clear that a platform of ‘I hate gay men and women’ is not a way...”
– Jimmy Carter, relevant now more than ever. (via gaywrites)
Jimmy Carter is so BAMFY, it hurts. There’s also this.
Former President Jimmy Carter issued a statement Sunday announcing he is severing all ties with the Southern Baptist Church due to their treatment of women. A devout Southern Baptist...
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“I have no problem with folks saying Obama cares. I do care. If the other side...”
– President Obama on “Obamacare.” (via kileyrae)
Co-opt that shit, Barry! (via apsies)
OBAMA. CARES.
(via inothernews)
I’m on board for this, Obama Cares 2012!
(via stfuconservatives)
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