January 2011
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“By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it....”
– Franz Kafka
got my first rejection letter today
(not terribly pleased about it).
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Dear Arthur Schopenhauer,
lighten up a little, will ya?
Warmest Regards,
Bella
ps) not every woman’s going to like you. it’s not the end of the world.
and listening to this. because 8-bit beats are...
“What disturbs and depresses young people is the hunt for happiness on the firm...”
– Schopenhauer (via dearestgirl)
such are the problems that seem to arise when you are constantly seeking what you loathe.
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what if Carnap was right?
could it be possible that all moral disputes really are a matter of clarifying terms?
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i love kid logic
connor was running down the sidewalk with a banana in his hand today.
he tripped, hit the ground and the banana fell into a puddle.
he got up, seemed fine and asked for his banana back.
upon seeing his banana in a puddle, he starts crying and saying “ow ow”. so i ask him what hurts.
my banana hurts, it fell in a puddle.
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if the world stops turning it better not stop when...
(cause that would be frickin’ terrifying.)
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“Once upon a time, in some out of the way corner of that universe which is...”
– the funny thing is, i’ve used the first line of this quote before in a physics class to introduce the anthropic principle without any knowledge of the entire quote. Wow. How much I agree with Nietzsche on this one kind of astonishes me.
Friedrich Nietzsche (via dyspnoea)
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today may not be the best day to start reading...
oh well. let the pessimism and loss of faith in humanity begin!
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just finished reading lolita
much like reading Heidegger, I find myself sympathetic to the situations and agreeing with some of the conclusions, only to hear myself literally saying “my God, this man’s a creep!”
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