January 2012
6 posts
“And don’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens—The main thing is not...”
–
Steinbeck to his eldest son Thom, 10 November 1958
(via leopoldgursky)
My Job...
bootsblissnbighair:
As teachers we want students to learn from and be encouraged by us. Today, I reminisce about ALL of the AMAZING students who have inspired me throughout my years of teaching, and I am eternally grateful for the lessons they have taught me, and the passion they continue to put inside me making me LOVE my job! Love to all of my former, present, and future students for the...
“‘This book gives me more information about penguins than I care to have.”
– In 1944 a children’s book club sent a volume about penguins to a 10-year-old girl, enclosing a card seeking her opinion.
She wrote, “This book gives me more information about penguins than I care to have.”
American diplomat Hugh Gibson called it the finest piece of literary criticism he had ever...
December 2011
9 posts
“To think a sweater is made entirely of knots, my stomach could clothe a village.”
– Andrea Gibson (via starsandsounds)
That’s the damn truth
“I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald (via anditslove)
“You say that you love rain, but you open your umbrella when it rains. You say...”
– William Shakespeare (via rainbrolly)
What Bitches wear at the airport →
I laughed and agreed. I often wear leggings and a bejeweled jacket in airports.
November 2011
10 posts
“So somewhere in Virginia, there’s a place where everyone is beautiful? Why are...”
– My housemate while we’re (unashamedly) watching The Vampire Diaries (via iamonlyamaid)
“No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.”
– Virginia Woolf
(One of my favorite quotes). (via iamonlyamaid)
“You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for...”
– Steve Jobs (via 36974)
“Whatever career you may choose for yourself - doctor, lawyer, teacher - let me...”
– Martin Luther King, Jr. (via thoughtsdetained)
“And I know Fuck is a bad word, but it sounds so good.
Good, like flipping off...”
– Slip Your Mind - Andrea Gibson (via wine-loving-vagabond)
October 2011
5 posts
This past weekend I went home to see the girls I grew up with. It’s funny to say “grew up with” because let’s be real, I’m always and will continue to always be growing. But anyways, my friend Jess is getting married and let me tell you, in a wedding dress she is more beautiful than I could have ever imagined. Ive never been a happy crier but damn if my eyes...
“You have to pay your own electric bill. You have to be kind. You have to give it...”
– DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #72: The Future Has An Ancient Heart - The Rumpus.net (via leopoldgursky)
“Until I was 30, I dated only boys. I’ll tell you why: Men scared the sh*t out of...”
– Mindy Kaling. (via thatkindofwoman)
September 2011
6 posts
4 tags
“Maybe this is how enlightenment happens. Not with a thunderclap or a bolt of...”
– Eric Weiner, The Geography of Bliss: One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in the World (via thoughtsdetained)
Time Can Do No Wrong
525,600 minutes ago I had my heart broken and I remember standing in my bathroom, staring at my red, tear stung eyes in the medicine cabinet mirror and thinking, “this is the worst I have felt in a really long time.” Bad things happen. Sometimes awful things happen. But I now know this- you should never have to convince someone to love you.
Be brave—move on with your life. Being alone is...
August 2011
5 posts
Kind to be Cruel
dearoldlove:
I will never forget the horrible thing you said to me. But, I’m glad you said it. If you hadn’t, I’d still be trying to make you love me.
“Why don’t you tell me that “if the girl had been worth having, she’d have waited...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald (via loveyourchaos)
Questions For An Older Me « Thought Catalog →
leopoldgursky:
By Abby Perkins
July 2011
6 posts
1 tag
Home Sweet Home
According to an article published by Andy Brack, life in South Carolina looks a little something like this when compared to the rest of the United States:
Number 1: Violent Crime (domestic violence, the number of women killed by men)
Number 49: SAT Scores (yet SC’s teachers were ranked best in the nation by Education Week magazine)
Number 6: Worst Place to Grow Up
Number 7: Child...
June 2011
17 posts
“Eleven years ago I gave an address to a graduating class at Harvard. I have not...”
– Conan O’Brien, commencement speech at Dartmouth (via lizlemon)