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“We all create stories to protect ourselves.”
– Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves (via pavorst)
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“I have yet to see a successful prediction about the physical world that was...”
– Neil deGrasse Tyson - Death by Black Hole and other cosmic quandaries. (via scipsy)
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“If you were to bother to read my books, to behave as educated persons would, you...”
– Kurt Vonnegut to the head of the school board at Drake High School in North Dakota, after the school burned all of its copies of Slaughterhouse-Five in 1973. (via minusmanhattan)
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“People don’t always get what they deserve in this world.”
– Lemony Snicket (via atomology)
“It will not be simple, it will not take long
It will take little time, it will...”
– “Final Notions” by Adrienne Rich, who passed away this afternoon at the age of 82. (via millionsmillions)
Learning to See in 3-D: A Neurobiologist Rewires... →
What’s the Big Idea?
If the scientific consensus had been right, Sue Barry would still be seeing in 2-D. Barry was born with strabismus, a condition in which the eyes couldn’t look in the same place at the same time. By the age of two, she’d undergone three surgeries, but the operations succeeded only in making her eyes appear not to be crossed — they kept on functioning separately. The whole...
“I do things like get in a taxi and say, “The library, and step on it.” -David...”
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““I can believe things that are true and things that aren’t true and I can...”
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“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is...”
– Ernest Hemingway (via asterisk-)
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“Depression is humiliating. It turns intelligent, kind people into zombies who...”
– EVERYONE NEEDS TO READ THIS.
Depression is not a synonym for being sad or having a bad day/bad week.
It’s not a PHASE. It’s not a CHOICE. It’s not LAZINESS.
It hurts. It hurts everyone. and it should not be taken lightly.
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