February 2012
“I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.”
– Vincent van Gogh (via pist0lpete)
“There is something
about the snow-laden sky
in winter
in the late afternoon...”
– Mary Oliver, from “Walking Home from Oak-Head”, in Thirst (via growing-orbits)
“His life ended in a haze of vodka and cocaine, the self-belief perhaps slightly...”
– Jonathan Keith “Jack” Idema, American fortune hunter and confidence trickster, died on January 21st, aged 55. Our obituary remembers him. (via theeconomist)
“Let all be simple. Let all stand still
Without a final direction.
That which...”
– Charles Simic, from “Evening” (via awritersruminations)
“Truth has no fear; Untruth shivers at every shadow.”
– Sri Satya Sai Baba (via lucifelle)
“When the moon comes up, the sea blankets the earth, and the heart feels like an...”
– Federico Garcia Lorca (via daisydandelions)
