Interjection!

• 2010-12-09

  

  yeoldenews:

  Harry Potter and the Matrimonial Blizzard should definitely be in the running if Jo ever needs a title for book 8.

  (source: The Tacoma Times, November 5, 1910.)

  Source: yeoldenews

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  laphamsquarterly:

  “And here, he is heading off to the interior of the vast continent. With five thousand kilometers ahead of him, he’s heading toward certain death.” Oh lonely deranged penguin from Encounters at the End of the World, you are a metaphor for so many things. 

  Source: laphamsquarterly

• 2010-12-03

  British church roofs survive WW2 but not Google Earth

• 2010-12-02

  

  fakecriterions:

  Ernest Goes to Jail [1990]

  (via preciseandtowering)

  Source: fakecriterions

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  betterbooktitles:

  Sylvia Plath: The Collected Poems

  Source: betterbooktitles

• 2010-11-29

  Neither man was talkative and each was grateful to the other for not being talkative. That is why from time to time they talked.

  — Saki, “The Disappearance of Crispina Umberleigh”

• 2010-11-28

  Basia Bulat, “Touch the Hem of His Garment” (Sam Cooke cover)

  Source: youtube.com

• 2010-11-27

  “A Prayer to Go to Paradise with the Donkeys” by Francis Jammes

  When I must come to you, O my God, I pray
  It be some dusty-roaded holiday,
  And even as in my travels here below,
  I beg to choose by what road I shall go
  To Paradise, where the clear stars shine by day.
  I’ll take my walking stick and go my way,
  And to my friends the donkeys I shall say,
  “I am Francis Jammes, and I’m going to Paradise,
  For there is no hell in the land of the loving God.”
  And I’ll say to them; “Come, sweet friends, of the blue skies,
  Poor creatures who with a flap of the ears or a nod
  Of the head shake off the buffets, the bees, the flies…”
  
  Let me come with these donkeys, Lord, into your land,
  These beasts who bow their heads so gently, and stand
  With their small feet joined together in a fashion
  Utterly gentle, asking your compassion.
  I shall arrive, followed by their thousands of ears,
  Followed by those with baskets at their flanks,
  By those who lug the carts of mountebanks
  Or loads of feather-dusters and kitchen-wares,
  By those with humps of battered water-cans,
  By bottle-shaped she-asses who halt and stumble,
  By those tricked out in little pantaloons
  To cover their wet, blue galls where flies assemble
  In whirling swarms, making a drunken hum.
  Dear God, let it be with these donkeys that I come,
  And let it be that angels lead us in peace
  To leafy streams where cherries tremble in air,
  Sleek as the laughing flesh of girls; and there
  In that haven of souls let it be that, leaning above
  Your divine waters, I shall resemble these donkeys,
  Whose humble and sweet poverty will appear
  Clear in the clearness of your eternal love.
  
  [Trans. Richard Wilbur]

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  How laboriously you came, taking sights and calculations, where the shepherds had run barefoot! How odd you looked on the road, attended by what outlandish liveries, laden with such preposterous gifts! […] You are my especial patrons, […] and patrons of all late-comers, of all who have had a tedious journey to make to the truth, of all who are confused with knowledge and speculation, of all who through politeness make themselves partners in guilt, of all who stand in danger by reason of their talents. […] For His sake who did not reject your curious gifts, pray always for the learned, the oblique, the delicate. Let them not be quite forgotten at the Throne of God when the simple come into their kingdom.

  — Helena in Helena by Evelyn Waugh

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  oldhollywood:

  Psychology Today: Do you have any formal interest in psychology?

  Werner Herzog: I loathe psychology as one of the major faults of our civilization nowadays. There’s something not right about this amount of introspection. I can only give you a metaphor: When you move into an apartment, you cannot start to illuminate every last corner with neon light. If there are no dark corners or hidden niches, your house becomes uninhabitable. Human beings who are trying to self-reflect and explore their innermost being to the last corner become uninhabitable people.

  Psychology Today: Let’s not forget that psychology isn’t just about introspection; it can shed light on other people.

  Herzog: No, you can understand others by other means. By dint of compassion, you understand other people, and there is a concordance of hearts. That is something different. Move away from psychology and engage in concordance of hearts.

  (via, photo by Beat Presser)

  Source: oldhollywood