août 2012
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The spotlight illuminates my loneliness.
It’s the end of a distant memory.
I...
– Mawaru Peguindrum, episode 21 credits
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The vindication of poetry itself in its capacity to challenge the very limits of...
– Jose Benardete
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Why can’t I try on different lives, like dresses, to see which fits best and is...
– Sylvia Plath. (via theburnthatkeepseverything)
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Sometimes one feels that in America banks look like churches; “In God We...
– Bernard-Henri Lévy, a Frenchman
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Well, it’s interesting. The word “meritocracy” was coined by...
– Ross Douthat, Author of Privilege in The Atlantic, “God and Man at Harvard.”
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Attempts by humanities professors to ape the rigor of their scientific...
– “The Truth About Harvard,” in The Atlantic, 2005.
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Whatever nostalgists think, there was never a golden age when students did all...
– “The Truth About Harvard” in The Atlantic, 2005.
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We sat there quite for a long time, which was fine, and I was thinking about way...
– The Fault in our Stars, John Green
(via philosophysics)