The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping the old ones, which ramify, for those brought up as most of us have been, into every corner of our minds.
John Maynard Keynes
Saturday, August 12, 2006
Sunday, March 19, 2006
Spring is here!
Well, the first signs that spring is upon us have finally shown up, albeit they are few in number and far apart. Hopefully the temperatures won't dip below freezing anymore, the clouds won't hinder the brightness of the sun, and the April showers will come as they please - anything to speed up the rebirth of all that is green.
Spring is here!
Spring is here!
Thursday, March 02, 2006
American Beauty
It was one of those days when it's
a minute away from snowing and
there's this electricity in the
air, you can almost hear it, right?
And this bag was like, dancing with
me. Like a little kid begging me
to play with it. For fifteen
minutes. And that's the day I knew
there was this entire life behind
things, and ... this incredibly
benevolent force, that wanted me to
know there was no reason to be
afraid. Ever. Sometimes there's
so much beauty in the world I feel
like I can't take it, like my
heart's going to cave in.
...
I guess I could be pretty pissed
off about what happened to me...
but it's hard to stay mad, when
there's so much beauty in the
world. Sometimes I feel like I'm
seeing it all at once, and it's too
much, my heart fills up like a
balloon that's about to burst...
And then I remember to relax, and
stop trying to hold on to it, and
then it flows through me like rain
and I can't feel anything but
gratitude for every single moment
of my stupid little life...
a minute away from snowing and
there's this electricity in the
air, you can almost hear it, right?
And this bag was like, dancing with
me. Like a little kid begging me
to play with it. For fifteen
minutes. And that's the day I knew
there was this entire life behind
things, and ... this incredibly
benevolent force, that wanted me to
know there was no reason to be
afraid. Ever. Sometimes there's
so much beauty in the world I feel
like I can't take it, like my
heart's going to cave in.
...
I guess I could be pretty pissed
off about what happened to me...
but it's hard to stay mad, when
there's so much beauty in the
world. Sometimes I feel like I'm
seeing it all at once, and it's too
much, my heart fills up like a
balloon that's about to burst...
And then I remember to relax, and
stop trying to hold on to it, and
then it flows through me like rain
and I can't feel anything but
gratitude for every single moment
of my stupid little life...
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Eloisa to Abelard
How happy is the blameless vestal's lot!
The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!
Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd.
- Alexander Pope
The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!
Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd.
- Alexander Pope
Saturday, January 28, 2006
I am wise
He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time he looks at the object beloved, drawing from it with his eyes and his mind those virtues which it possesses.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Thursday, January 26, 2006
Marie de France: Lanval
"Lady," he said, "if this should be
Your wish (and such joy meant for me),
To have me for your paramour,
There's no command, you may be sure,
Wise or foolish, what you will,
Which I don't promise to fulfull.
I'll follow only your behest.
For you I'll give up all the rest."
Your wish (and such joy meant for me),
To have me for your paramour,
There's no command, you may be sure,
Wise or foolish, what you will,
Which I don't promise to fulfull.
I'll follow only your behest.
For you I'll give up all the rest."
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