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May 2011

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The Runaway State: Treasure →

therunawaystate: I love finding gems. However i’m not talking about ludicrously expensive diamonds, or priceless sapphires. I mean the impetuous, primitive rushes of passion and love we experience so rarely that they become impossible to ignore. That overwhelming sense of selflessness and beauty. Hope and desire. Happiness and strength. These are the moments that define us as people. As...

“Art is much less important than life. But what a poor life without it.”

– Robert Motherwell

therunawaystate: She dreams, she dreams of her paper house and paper wings. Lost in her own world of beauty and forgettable little things.

“There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is...”

– Oscar Wilde (The Picture of Dorian Gray)

“I tried to be perfect, But nothing was worth it, I don’t believe it makes me...”

– Pieces - Sum41

“They will see us waving from such great heights Come down now, they’ll say But...”

– Such Great Heights - Iron & Wine

“Oh, seriously You’re gonna make mistakes, you’re young Come on, baby, play me...”

– Give Me sympathy - Metric

I am. Anything you write after I am is simply a concept. So choose what comes after it carefully. I am successful. I am fulfilled. I am an astronaut. I am amazing. I am late. I am in trouble. I am enlightened. I am yours. Etc. Anything after I am will only give you power if you worship it. For example, fulfillment doesn’t exist outside the body. You are who decides if you are fulfilled or...

“Northern winters start to thaw; To islands on the sea, lands I’ve never seen,...”

– North by North - Faded Paper Figures

Let's talk about dichloroacetate and cancer

jtotheizzoe: “Scientists find the cure for cancer, but pharma companies don’t care because they can’t patent it.” This is going around Tumblr like an out-of-control wildfire. Well consider this the bucket brigade sent to put out the flames. If you see the post I reference, send someone a (polite) message to their “Ask” box and direct them here. Let’s spread the Word of Science, friends. If you...

“In my past, bittersweet, There’s no love between the sheets, Taste the blood,...”

– Shake Me Down - Cage the Elephant

“From my rotting body flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity.”

– Edvard Munch (submitted by noonedonatespurple)