Quote"When I was 5 years old, my mom always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down “happy.” They told me I didn’t understand the assignment and I told them they didn’t understand life."
Blogpeterwknox:walpaper:“Being married is not just a piece of paper that binds you and provides tax relief. It’s the ultimate tandem sky dive. You just hope the parachute eventually opens and everyone has a nice laugh. When you’re dating, or even in a very committed relationship, there is always an option to turn around and go back. When you’re married you have past that half way point that makes it more difficult to go back than it does to push on. Marriage forces us to grow up and face our problems with the guidance and support of another in order to make it work. When two people sign their individuals lives away in order to create one, and it is recognized by the state and society, it defines them for the rest of their lives. Is it really asking too much to give this opportunity to all citizens?”A family guy’s perspective on prop 8, laistvia abbyjean
Quote"Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny."
Bloglivejamie:The gay marriage bill won every state it was in. Sorry gays, we’re cool with black people now, but you’ll have to wait a few more years. :(
Blogmeaghano:The only dream worth having…is to dream that you will live while you’re alive and die only when you’re dead. To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never to forget.— Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things (via hellovagina)
Quote"The decision to kiss for the first time is the most crucial in any love story. It changes the relationship of two people much more strongly than even the final surrender; because this kiss already has within it that surrender."
Blogromanceisdead:sarahsaturday:I want an epic romance. I want to feel my soul on fire. I want romance turned love that transcends everything beautiful in this universe and I want it to last and I want to wake up naked and tangled in the bedsheets and read books and drink coffee in bed on sunday mornings. I may be cynical, but I believe in this.
Quote"No matter how popular you think you are, remember, far more people in the world DON’T give a shit who you are than what you DO. Stay real."
Quote"Consider the rather startling fact that you will never know you have died. You may feel yourself slipping away, but it isn’t as though there will be a “you” around who is capable of ascertaining that, once all is said and done, it has actually happened. Just to remind you, you need a working cerebral cortex to harbor propositional knowledge of any sort, including the fact that you’ve died—and once you’ve died your brain is about as phenomenally generative as a head of lettuce."
Quote"If homosexuality is a disease, let’s all call in queer to work: “Hello. Can’t work today, still queer."
Quote"I’ll always the treasure the naivety of the past we’ve shared. Our bodies grew much faster than our minds, but together we got good at stopping time. My teen angst drove me to hurt myself and I made you watch… oh the pain I must’ve caused- but by staying around you saved my life."
Quote"Their mothers had finally caught up to them and been proven right. There were consequences after all but they were the consequences to things you didn’t even know you’d done."
Quote"I’m a supporter of gay rights. And not a closet supporter either. From the time I was a kid, I have never been able to understand attacks upon the gay community. There are so many qualities that make up a human being… by the time I get through with all the things that I really admire about people, what they do with their private parts is probably so low on the list that it is irrelevant."
Blogcameronchristopher:victoriaaah:Home is where the heart is, and my heart is not here. I’m ready to travel again.
Quote"I believe the saddest thing in life, is caring so much for someone and then one day you look into their eyes and listen to them talk and realize that they are gone. All you see in front of you is a stranger with just a known name."
Quote"Loving someone means taking the risk that they might fuck up your nicely ordered little life."
Quote"Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place."
Quote"Equipt includes Microsoft OneCare anti-virus software. So, when you buy a new Windows machine, even Microsoft encourages you to pay extra for security software."
Blogjohnnyfive:wildephotog:It always amazes me that I can develop a crush on someone after one good conversation.Or one good glance.
Quote"Casual sex is like eating at Denny’s. It tastes good when you’re hungry, but I wouldn’t want to make a steady diet of it."
Blogpeterwknox:thebronzemedal:LIT 101 CLASSIN THREE LINESOR LESS.- - - -1984WINSTON: Don’t tell the Party, but sex is way better than totalitarianism.EVERYONE: Surprise! We’re the Party.WINSTON: Oh, rats.The Lion, the Witchand the WardrobeC.S. LEWIS: Finally, a utopia ruled by children and populated by talking animals.THE WITCH: Hi, I’m a sexually mature woman of power and confidence.C.S. LEWIS: Ah! Kill it, lion Jesus!Paradise LostADAM: Paradise has arbitrary dietary restrictions?DEVIL: They’re really more like guidelines.GOD: Incorrect.Moby-DickISHMAEL: I’m existential.AHAB: Really? Try vengeance.ISHMAEL: I dig this dynamic. Can we drag it out for 600 pages?The Great GatsbyNICK: I love being rich and white.GATSBY: Me, too, but I’d kill for the love of a woman.DAISY: We can work with that.Oliver TwistOLIVER: Poverty ain’t so bad, what with all the Cockney accents and charming musical interludes.ME: Thanks to movies, no books were read in the passing of this class.PROFESSOR WATERMAN: You’re half right.Via McSweeneys
Quote"I decided meditating is a lot like cleaning out your closet. You get to look at your old outfits (thoughts) and go, I can’t believe I wore this, looks ridiculous on me, and then throw it away. By end of the week I aim to have a few simple, solid thought outfits to wear all the time. I told my class about this theory yesterday and afterwards 2 guys came up and said how much they liked that metaphor. Obviously gays but still."
Quote"The sunlight had never even been real. He had imagined it. The sky of the old days had been a sulfurous pall. The shadows had been real, the sunlight dreamt."
Quote"I don’t want to be ‘sort of dating’ someone. I don’t want to be ‘kinda hanging out’ with someone. I don’t want to spend a lot of energy suppressing my feelings so I appear uninvolved. I want to be involved. I want to be sleeping with someone I know I’ll see again because they’ve already demonstarted to me that they’re trustworthy and honorable — and into me."