One Fine Day

"He told me to look at my hand, for a part of it came from a star that exploded too long ago to imagine. This part of me was formed from a tongue of fire that screamed through the heavens until there was our sun. And this part of me–this tiny part of me — was on the Sun when it itself exploded and whirled in a great storm until the planets came to be. And this small part of me was then a whisper of the earth. When there was life, perhaps this part of me got lost in a fern that was crushed and covered until it was coal. And then it was a diamond millions of years later — it must have been a diamond as beautiful as the star from which it had first come. Or perhaps this part of me became lost in a terrible beast, or became part of a huge bird that flew above the primeval swamps. And he said this thing was so small — this part of me was so small it couldn’t be seen–but it was there from the beginning of the world. And he called this bit of me an atom. And when he wrote the word, I fell in love with it. Atom. Atom. What a beautiful word."
-The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon Marigolds, by Paul Zindel.

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thewordunheard:

Jon Stewart: To be fair though, sometimes women send men risqué photos as well.
Kristen Schaal: Well, because female bodies are beautiful.
JS: That is true.
KS: Yeah. And penises look like a species discovered living on the ocean floor near undersea sulfur jets.

MARRY ME KRISTEN.

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“That’s so raven.”

Edgar Allan Poe (via historysaidwhat)

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That awkward moment when you have tons of brothers and sisters as a cup. But when you turned human again, you were an only child.

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12 months ago / 292 notes

a better son/daughter: on downsizing my room »

junehymn:

i came home from college and was astounded by the amount of useless junk i have in my room. we moved into this house when i was eleven or twelve and i don’t think i’ve thrown anything away since then. my project this summer is to downsize significantly: to donate/recycle/throw away things that i…

Thea, I totally hear you. But, remember what laurie said about privilege? Own your privilege, but don’t flagellate yourself for it! Take that negative energy and do something positive with it! (the last part, is of course, my addition because Laurie would NEVER say something so hippyish).

12 months ago / 3 notes

young lady, why do you think this photo is acceptable? the deer’s horns are on fire.

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but-for-the-grace:

sometimes I want to buy an e-reader just to spite everyone who hates them

and then I think about having to re-obtain the books I already own

While I do think they serve their purposes and i totally get people wanting/needing to read from them, I do believe it’s what will put book stores out of business and that makes me kind of sad. Plus the writers and publishers invariably end up getting ripped off (ahem, itunes). I don’t mind people using them, I just mind the sudden ubiquity. It shouldn’t be a big deal that I’m reading a paper back even though I am a “young person.”

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“We must be swift as the coursing river, with all the force of a great typhoon, with all the strength of a raging fire, mysterious as the dark side of the moon.”

George Washington while crossing the Delaware River on Christmas Day (via historysaidwhat)

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