"I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naïve or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman."This quote resonates with me not so much about quizzing men (or women) about whether they fit these "criteria" ( Read more... )

'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

Men, even gods-in-men’s-skin, believe passion means (*to adore, to lust, to be exalted through love.*) They are foolish. Passion means to suffer. It means (*to endure great sorrows.*) Passion is the grasp of blister-ridden hands, breaking its thumbnails on the floor of heaven. (*Passion is fear, like a peach tree planted in the navel, when your ( Read more... )

"It is strange how grief turns happy memories to knives that pierce you." - Shadows on the Moon, Zoë Marriott.

"He couldn't make a sentence stand up and be noticed if he put Viagra in the ink."

- "Self-made" Law & Order: Criminal Intent S7E7

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Something I read today (not directed to me but online) I appreciated ( Read more... )

So the "I really want to get a tattoo" feeling has not dissipated. Thank you, fuckyeahtattoos.

I've always loved getting henna tattoos. A few weeks ago I joked with Matt that if I got a real tattoo I'd ask to have it inked so it'd look like a henna tattoo. My parents don't approve of henna (on the skin or the hair) but bwsah. But I like the look ( Read more... )

...mostly, though I occasionally go downstairs to see relatives who come to visit me or fill out the passport form. I'm getting a new one since my current one will expire in December.

I updated the list of books founding in the two libraries back home (though I have other books I want to read that I own myself or I can borrow from others) from my ( Read more... )

I saw "Wanted" earlier today (Tuesday night here) and it was so-so. ( Perhaps some spoilers? )