There were things I wanted to tell him. But I knew they would hurt him. So I buried them, and let them hurt me.
Jonathan Safran Foer (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close) (via quote-book)
Pet peeves include: recognizable fonts in graphic design, bite marks in food, and misplaced apostrophes.
Can be found in: bed napping, a used bookstore, a cafe with a journal not drinking coffee, at her mbp reading QC/xkcd, in Sichuan teaching English.
Will rarely: make promises.
Can always use: a scoop of haagan dazs, a mix CD, a good nap.
Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
Howard Thurman (via quote-book)
Overheard in Logan.
- Kid: What happens to the orca planes?
- Mom: They turn into orcas and go straight into the water.
This is how it happens.
I wake up, and I’m still smiling.
I know I’m jinxing this, but just for today, let it not matter.
Maybe that’s what life is…a wink of the eye and winking stars.
Jack Kerouac (via libraryland) (via blue-chalk)
Mather House alumni include comedian Conan C. O’Brien ‘85—enough said.
Famous Alumni: Your House’s Claim to Fame | FlyByBlog | Harvard Life. To Go.
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I think I need this.

