February 2012
6 posts
“My wife and I were at a dinner in Washington DC earlier this year - it was a...”
– Peter Hermann, husband to Mariska Hargitay & co-founder of the Joyful Heart Foundation
(I loved this too much not to post. I think it’s good to balance some of the difficult posts on the blog with inspiring things.)
January 2012
5 posts
November 2011
8 posts
October 2011
5 posts
“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”
– Anaïs Nin (via rulesformyunbornson)
1 tag
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the...”
– Antoine de Saint-Exupery (via sirmitchell)
8 tags
GROUND UP AND IN THE FREEZER: Catch a Body, Ilse... →
poetry365:
Salinger, I’m sorry, but “Don’t ever tell anybody anything” is a string of words I would like to wrap up in canvas and sink to the bottom of the Hudson, or extract by laser from the ribcage of all of us who ever believed it, who felt afraid to miss someone, to be the…
September 2011
10 posts
1 tag
5 tags
“Kids who learn two languages young are better able to learn abstract rules and...”
– A neuroscientist explains the benefits of bilingualism today on Fresh Air. (via nprfreshair)
1 tag
August 2011
1 post
July 2011
18 posts
“Pleasure is found first in anticipation, later in memory.”
– Gustave Flaubert (via nevver)
15 Wonderful Words With No English Equivalent →
nevver:
1. Zhaghzhagh (Persian) The chattering of teeth from the cold or from rage. 2. Yuputka (Ulwa) A word made for walking in the woods at night, it’s the phantom sensation of something crawling on your skin. 3. Slampadato (Italian) Addicted to the infra-red glow of tanning salons? This word describes you. 4. Luftmensch (Yiddish) The Yiddish have scores of words to describe social misfits....
