girl something good has to happen at some point

The reality of the body is one of the most terrible realities. What would the spirit be without the torments of the flesh, and consciousness without a great nervous sensibility? How could one imagine life without the body, as a free and unconditional existence of the spirit? . . . The spirit is the offspring of an existential illness, and Man is a sick animal. Spirit in life is an anomaly. I have renounced so much, why should I not renounce spirit as well? But besides being an illness of life, is not renunciation first and foremost an illness of the spirit?

Emil Cioran, On the Heights of Despair

James Gandolfini photographed by Michael O’Neill during a studio portrait session in New York City, NY - 2006

Emil Cioran, On the Heights of Despair

I don't understand why we must do things in this world, why we must have friends and aspirations, hopes and dreams. Wouldn't it be better to retreat to a faraway corner of the world, where all its noise and complications would be heard no more? Then we could renounce culture and ambitions; we would lose everything and gain nothing; for what is there to be gained from this world? There are people to whom gain is unimportant, who are hopelessly unhappy and lonely. We are so closed to one another! And yet, were we to be totally open to each other, reading into the depths of our souls, how much of our destiny would we see? We are so lonely in life that we must ask ourselves if the loneliness of dying is not a symbol of our human existence. Can there be any consolation at the last moment?

Emil Cioran, On the Heights of Despair

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idk why people photoshopped the crying cat meme on this pic when the unedited version is so powerful

Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star

secretary (2002)

Hey hey, as a librarian, can I just say don’t pace yourself at the library. I get a lot of customers saying “oh I shouldn’t get too many books out at once” but like you should!!!! Max out your card, take everything we have on a subject you’re interested in, make a book fort in your home. We love that shit! It doesn’t matter if you read them or not; just take them for an adventure and bring them back whenever they’re due!

For public libraries, one of the ways we secure funding year to year is lending. Governments don’t want to fund more books if they’re not being used and the way we measure use is by issues. Regardless of whether you read it or not, whether you have it for a day or a month, if you issue it to your library card, we get the stats! It makes the library look good!

Help your local library; get books out even if you know you can’t read them all!

Bear’s head tooth fungus (Hericium americanum) at Cash Canyon in Tennessee, U.S.

Alan Cressler

john cassavetes on gena rowlands, 1978