Ramblings of Hopelessness

“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.” ― Oscar Wilde

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The old barn at Judith Station

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Book Mania’s Most Notable Book Quotes of 2015

2016 is arriving, but before it does, here are the most loved book quotes we curated from our library this 2015. Check them out!

#1: From  Naomi Shihab Nye’s “Habibi”

“If you could be anyone, would you choose to be yourself?” 

#2: From Jasmine Warga’s “My Heart and Other Black Holes”

“Anyone who has actually been that sad can tell you that there’s nothing beautiful or literary or mysterious about depression.” 

#3: From Haruki Murakami’s “Norwegian Wood”

“This is one more piece of advice I have for you: don’t get impatient. Even if things are so tangled up you can’t do anything, don’t get desperate or blow a fuse and start yanking on one particular thread before it’s ready to come undone. You have to realize it’s going to be a long process and that you’ll work on things slowly, one at a time.”

#4: From Jeanette Winterson’s “The Passion”

“The body shuts down when it has too much to bear; goes its own way quietly inside, waiting for a better time, leaving you numb and half alive.”

#5: From John Green’s “The Fault in Our Stars”

“Do the thing you’re good at. Not many people are lucky enough to be so good at something.” 

Keep reading

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THE SLOWER YOU GO THE BIGGER YOUR WORLD GETS! by glenn Via Flickr: Hiking Elk Island October 21 and 23 2015 

 my pics (enhanced)

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Matthew: I don’t believe in God, but if I did, he would be a black, left-handed guitarist.

The Dreamers (2003)

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Edinborough

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Some Like It Hot by

papatheo on deviantART

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Out of Camera by

djkb on deviantART

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DEMONOPAROUS

[adjective]

bearing or bringing forth a demon.

Etymology: from Latin daemōn (evil spirit, spirit), from Greek daimōn (spirit, deity, fate) and from Latin -parus, from parere (to bring forth).

[Nicolas Delort]

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[findingmyrecovery]

Wanted to share this helpful tool with anyone who needs it. A lot of people have a hard time putting their feelings into words and identifying what emotions they are feeling. This is called a feeling wheel. It can help you get to the core emotion you are experiencing and help you name each feeling when you’re overwhelmed with many emotions

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this is so cool

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on midway atoll, a remote cluster of islands more than 2000 miles from the nearest continent, the detritus of our mass consumption surfaces in an astonishing place: inside the stomachs of thousands of dead baby albatrosses. the nesting chicks are fed lethal quantities of plastic by their parents, who mistake the floating trash for food as they forage over the vast polluted pacific ocean.

"for me, kneeling over their carcasses is like looking into a macabre mirror. …like the albatross, we [the consumers and polluters of this world]  find ourselves lacking the ability to discern anymore what is nourishing from what is toxic to our lives and souls." - chris jordan

chris used a kickstarter campaign to turn this story into a feature length documentary, midway. read more on the great pacific garbage patch.

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Eber Gölü - peace… by AhmetBayraktar

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A collection of amazing street art from around the globe More awesomeness here!!!

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cirrus and cumulus by fmalucelli

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Abandoned Truck. Sweetgrass Hills, Montana

Source: dujaow (flickr)

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At times the world may seem an unfriendly and sinister place, but believe that there is much more good in it than bad. All you have to do is look hard enough, and what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events may, in fact, be the first steps of a journey.

Lemony Snicket (via bethanycousins)