Momento Mori

“Sometimes I can hear my bones straining, under the weight of all the lives I”m not living”
-Jonathan Safran Foe

I always liked this poster, but now that I know the story behind its just so much cooler. 

Keep Calm and Carry On

nylonguysmagazine:

Whether you’re sick of those “Keep Calm and Carry On” prints or you’re guilty of using them yourself, here’s a quick history lesson on where the phrase first started. 

Dr. Seuss

Dr. Seuss

nedhepburn:

Neil deGrasse Tyson
“The Most Astounding Thing”

Watch this. Watch this immediately. Excuse the cloying music at the end. But please watch this video.

There’s something romantic to me about saying were created from Stardust…

(Source: wanderlustandtethers)

If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn’t. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn’t be. And what it wouldn’t be, it would. You see?

—Lewis Carroll, Alice In Wonderland

darkpassenger: On the occasion of its 65th anniversary, the Festival de Cannes pays tribute to Marilyn Monroe, selected as the icon of the 2012 Festival.Fifty years after her death, Marilyn is still a major figure in world cinema, an eternal icon, whose grace, mystery and power of seduction remain resolutely contemporary. Each of her screen appearances sparks the imagination. The Festival poster captures Marilyn by surprise in an intimate moment where myth meets reality – a moving tribute to the anniversary of her passing, which coincides with the Festival anniversary.  She enchants us with this promising gesture: a seductively blown kiss.The Festival is a temple of glamour and Marilyn is its perfect incarnation. Their coming together symbolises the ideal of simplicity and elegance. — Cannes 2012

darkpassenger:

On the occasion of its 65th anniversary, the Festival de Cannes pays tribute to Marilyn Monroe, selected as the icon of the 2012 Festival.

Fifty years after her death, Marilyn is still a major figure in world cinema, an eternal icon, whose grace, mystery and power of seduction remain resolutely contemporary. 

Each of her screen appearances sparks the imagination. The Festival poster captures Marilyn by surprise in an intimate moment where myth meets reality – a moving tribute to the anniversary of her passing, which coincides with the Festival anniversary. 

She enchants us with this promising gesture: a seductively blown kiss.
The Festival is a temple of glamour and Marilyn is its perfect incarnation. Their coming together symbolises the ideal of simplicity and elegance. — Cannes 2012

(via javzzdevereux)

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.

—Friedrich Nietzsche

deevslife:

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Just finished his book. He truly was brilliant. 

“Songs My Mother Taught Me”

Just read and reread all of these.. Yeah I love to read I guess. Hah.

I’m mourning for my life

—Masha, The Seagull

This is brilliant. I think Meryl Steep and Viola Davis should be extremely happy that this is a mini-series and not a movie.. Kate would’ve gotten the Oscar.

This is brilliant. I think Meryl Steep and Viola Davis should be extremely happy that this is a mini-series and not a movie.. Kate would’ve gotten the Oscar.