occasional delusions of adequecy
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Apr 27 '12
Apr 11 '12
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“Just as Instagram makes bad photos look good and good photos look great, Facebook makes you look happy and loved if you’re not, and joyous and adored if you are. Self-brand and share. Filter, and share. Share the edited stuff, the varnished stuff, the stuff with the halo around it. Take a step away from truth for the sake of beauty.”
— Dan Zak, in a day-after essay on how Facebook and Instagram were meant for each other. (via washingtonpoststyle)
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Jan 28 '12
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“Don’t compare yourself to others. Compare yourself to yourself. How about that for a bold idea? Throw out the notion of referencing yourself against others. It would be so easy to compare and put yourself down. You can all too easily waste time and obscure your own potential by trying to match someone else’s. I figure that the great ones thought differently and let their truths guide them no matter what cost. At the end of the day, you can’t fuck with it. When you compare, you immediately ensnare yourself with a ton of variables and assumptions that can pull you off the trail. Anyone who thinks for themselves and acts upon these thoughts stands a chance.”
— Smile, You’re Traveling, Henry Rollins (via lostinthesound)
(Source: meowissey)
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Jan 19 '12
Jan 10 '12
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“You know that little voice that’s trying to tell you everybody’s life is better than yours? It’s lying to you.”
— Heather Plett (via smilesandreason)
Dec 7 '11
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“How much of my brain is willfully my own? How much is not a rubber stamp of what I have read and heard and lived?”
— Sylvia Plath (via zacheser)
(Source: tapingletters)
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Nov 22 '11
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“You’re either reading a book or you’re not.”
— Jonathan Franzen (via reading-is-fun)
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Nov 3 '11
Oct 9 '11
Sep 24 '11
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Remind me again.
I need to be reminded every day.