January 2012
17 posts
Character is Destiny
But the negative and distorted image of women deeply affects not only how men...
– Jean Kilbourne, Killing Us Softly
Psychologists from Washington University used brain scans to see what happens...
– Humans have the need to read | Gail Rebuck | Comment is free | The Guardian (via myserendipities)
Why are some languages quite regular and others not? The historical linguist...
– Why are some languages more regular than others? (via myserendipities)
Sometimes the ideas that mean the most to you will feel true long before you can...
– robert pinsky (via quellequaintrelle)
We must trust people. Otherwise life is impossible.
– Anton Chekhov, Uncle Vanya
Fancies find rooms in the strongest minds.
– The Mayor of Casterbridge
There is an outer chamber of the brain in which thoughts unowned, unsolicited,...
– The Mayor of Casterbridge
Her bygone simplicity was the art that conceals art.
– The Mayor of Casterbridge
When she walked abroad she seemed to be occupied with an inner chamber of ideas,...
– The Mayor of Casterbridge
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As you grow older you realize that there are bad lines in King Lear and it has...
– robert gottlieb (via quellequaintrelle)