a ribbon at a time
August 2010
“You told me again you preferred handsome men
but for me you would make an exception.
And clenching your fist for the ones like us
who are oppressed by the figures of beauty,
you fixed yourself, you said, “Well never mind,
we are ugly but we have the music.” —leonard cohen
but for me you would make an exception.
And clenching your fist for the ones like us
who are oppressed by the figures of beauty,
you fixed yourself, you said, “Well never mind,
we are ugly but we have the music.” —leonard cohen
“This has all been wonderful, but now I’m on my way”
—Phish
“Ask what most people want out of life and the answer is simple; to be happy. Maybe it’s this expectation though, the wanting to be happy that just keeps us from ever getting there. Maybe the more we try to will ourselves to the state of bliss, the more confused we get…to the point where we dont recognize ourselves. Instead we just keep smiling…trying like hell to the be the happy people we wish we were. until eventually it hits us, it’s been there all along…not in our dreams or hopes but in the known. the comfortable. the familiar”
—Grey’s Anatomy. Shiny Happy People. Season 6 Episode 22 (via quote-book) (via freebree)
“But I’ll tell you what hermits realize. If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet, you’ll come to understand that you’re connected with everything.”
—Alan Watts (via gardenofthefareast) (via miss-mary-quite-contrary) (via rainbowadvaya)
“There is a language older by far and deeper than words. It is the language of bodies, of body on body, wind on snow, rain on trees, wave on stone. It is the language of dream, gesture, symbol, memory. We have forgotten this language. We do not even remember that it exists.”
—Derrick Jensen (via aperfectcommotion) (via crashinglybeautiful) (via sacredgraffiti) (via thehermitage)
“These are the days that must happen to you.”
—Walt Whitman - “Song of the Open Road” from “Leaves Of Grass” (via mspennylane & libraryland) (via crashinglybeautiful) (via ecrivaine, mrsduaneallman) (via thehermitage)
