January 2009
27 posts
but this is pretty much the only reason I love him
i found an essay that my grandma wrote when she was in high school on a typewriter about that poem. It’s from 1949.
she wrote “Too often we mortals make ‘snap’ judgments taking in to consideration only external appearances, and how foolish we feel when some one comes along and points out the hidden qualities we have missed.”
touch of the master's hand
‘twas battered and scarred and the auctioneer
Thought it scarcely worth his while
To waste much time on the old violin,
But he held it up with a smile:
“What am bidden, good folks?” he cried,
“Who’ll start the bidding for me?”
“A dollar! A dollar!” then “Two! Only two?”
“Two dollars, and who’ll make it three?”...
I will always love Bright Eyes
“Never say goodbye because saying goodbye means going away and going away means...”
– Peter Pan
“I am doing something I hate for you. This is what it means to love.”
– Jonathan Foer
“Voici mon secret. Il est très simple: on ne voit bien qu’avec le cœur....”
– Le Petit Prince
WatchThis is the coolest thing ever. I love time lapse and miniature stuff. This guy combined them.
The News From Your Bed by Bishop Allen
Hannah...
“Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives...”
– Jonathan Safran Foer
We Wear the Mask.
We wear the mask that grins and lies,
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,—
This debt we pay to human guile;
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile,
And mouth with myriad subtleties.
Why should the world be over-wise,
In counting all our tears and sighs?
Nay, let them only see us, while
We wear the mask.
We smile, but, O great Christ, our...