January 2012
10 posts
“That’s the thing about pain, it demands to be felt.”
– John Green, The Fault In Our Stars (via emryses)
“The beauty of things must be that they end.”
– Jack Kerouac, Tristessa (via honeyforthehomeless)
“It’s all in the view. That’s what I mean about forever, too. For any one of us...”
– Sarah Dessen, The Truth about Forever (via skeletales)
December 2011
7 posts
“Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe, a moment that...”
– Pablo Picasso (via karencygnarowicz)
“We dated and she’s an incredibly important person that I lived with for a long...”
– Justin Vernon on the meaning behind Skinny Love (via karencygnarowicz)
“There are three ‘musts’ that hold us back: I must do well. You must treat me...”
– Albert Ellis (via dreadesu)
November 2011
14 posts
Teary-Eyed Evolution: Crying Serves A Purpose |... →
fuckyeahneuroscience:
Many animals yelp or cry out when they’re in pain. But as far as scientists can tell, we humans seem to be the only species that shed tears for emotional reasons. Scientists who study evolution say crying probably conferred some benefit and did something to advance our species — because it’s stayed with us.
Tears are universal. We need them to keep our eyes lubricated,...
“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no...”
– Jane Austen (via thatkindofwoman)
September 2011
9 posts
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Neuroscience vs philosophy: Taking aim at free... →
Scientists think they can prove that free will is an illusion. Philosophers are urging them to think again.
The experiment helped to change John-Dylan Haynes’s outlook on life. In 2007, Haynes, a neuroscientist at the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience in Berlin, put people into a brain scanner in which a display screen flashed a succession of random letters1. He told them to press...
“Can we forgive ourselves? The nearest we can come to forgiving ourselves is to...”
– Claire Weekes (via psychotherapy)
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“Sadness gives depth. Happiness gives height. Sadness gives roots. Happiness...”
– Osho Rajneesh (via wildfflowers)
“As a Muslim, I’m sick of people asking me how I feel about 9/11. What do you...”
– Aman Ali (via hellsateenagegirl)
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August 2011
9 posts
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July 2011
14 posts
