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19 May
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We are only human, and the gods have fashioned us for love. That is our great glory, and our great tragedy
— George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones
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There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man, true nobility is being superior to your former self.
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16 May
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Canadians often point out that while the American constitution promises “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” the constitution of Canada–written in the 1860s in England–sets a more modest goal: “Peace, order, and good government.” This difference reaches into every corner of the two nations. My favourite example is a book of medical advice. It was written by a Canadian, Judylaine Fine, and published in Toronto under an extremely modest title, Your Guide to Coping with Back Pain. Later, American rights were acquired by New York publishers; they brought out precisely the same book under a new title, Conquering Back Pain. And there, in a grain of sand, to borrow from William Blake, we can see a world of differing attitudes. Our language reveals how we think, and what we are capable of thinking. Canadians cope. Americans conquer. Canadian readers of that book will assume that back pain will always be with them. Americans will assume that it can be destroyed, annihilated, abolished, conquered. Americans expect life, liberty, happiness, and total freedom from back pain. Canadians can only imagine peace, order, good government, and moderate back pain.
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15 May
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Don’t ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.
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15 May
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There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.
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15 May
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I like it when somebody gets excited about something. It’s nice.
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14 May
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I want to know you moved and breathed in the same world with me.
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“Make a radical change in your lifestyle and begin to boldly do things which you may previously never have thought of doing, or been too hesitant to attempt. So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservation, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun. If you want to get more out of life, you must lose your inclination for monotonous security and adopt a helter-skelter style of life that will at first appear to you to be crazy. But once you become accustomed to such a life you will see its full meaning and its incredible beauty.”
Christopher McCandless’s journal from Into the Wild
(Source: buteuavineyard)
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neil-gaiman:
-Neil Gaiman (Make Good Art)
The Chip Kidd designs for the book are remarkable…
And it’s published tomorrow.
(Source: amortentiaquill)
