August 2011
July 2011
THERE'S SCHOOL TOMORROW
smackpants:
15 Wonderful Words With No English Equivalent →
stephenkennedy:
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...
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mindthetide-deactivated20120121 asked: i missed you guys! ramadan mubarak!!
When my friends ask me what I've been up too...
fuckyeahlaughters:
Yeah just being ..you know alive and stuff..
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Yes, many people, probably most people, say that disliking your body is a normal...
– Sarah Maria (via curvesahead)
Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his...
– Fyodor Dosteyevsky (via helpmeflyyy)
Wear sunscreen.
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen...
– Mary Schmich (via amantelascio)
I have noticed that if you look carefully at people’s eyes the first five...
– Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees (via mickzilla)
A ruler who hides behind paid executioners soon forgets what death is.
– Lord Eddard Stark, “A Game of Thrones” by George R. R. Martin (via quote-book)
Often we see the dunya (that great job, certain type of spouse, school, career...
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We are torn between a nostalgia for the familiar and an urge for the foreign and...
– Carson McCullers (via breannaarchuleta)
I shiver, thinking how easy it is to be totally wrong about people, to see one...
– Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall (via creatingaquietmind)
001. After the war Luna Lovegood opened a tea...
insidemyheaad:
OMGOD ROFL.
My 8 year old sister's advice on boys.
Me: What do you do when you like a boy?
Sister: You tell him.
Me: And if he doesn't like you?
Sister: You kill him.
Sins need to be burnt, either with the pain of regret in this world or with the...
– Ibn Qayyim
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Sometimes people don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want their...
– Friedrich Nietzsche (via eadrom)
A careful look into the two accounts of the story of the Creation reveals some...
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hear me out: The Reality of Fajr →
Few people find it hard to wake up if there is a plane to catch the next morning, or a lucrative job interview. This is because we are so desirous to take that trip or get that job, so our eyes open with vigor when the alarm rings. Some people might awaken even before the alarm, due to their anticipation.
The only reason this does not happen as often for Fajr is because we haven’t...
Words can never fully say what we want them to say, for they fumble, stammer,...
– Margaret Weis (via pressured)