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— Bourdain

“magic isnt real” — plants just grow out of the ground. for free. everywhere.

"It doesn't stop being magic just because you know how it works."

-Terry Pratchett

to be clear the first one is the original. i just riffed on it because it’s a powerful message.

And yes MLK said all the quotes above. The sanitized version and image most have of him is wholly false.

Here’s some of what Dr. King said at Stanford University on April 14, 1967:

“I think America must see that riots do not develop out of thin air. Certain conditions continue to exist in our society which must be condemned as vigorously as we condemn riots. But in the final analysis, a riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it that America has failed to hear? It has failed to hear that the plight of the Negro poor has worsened over the last few years. It has failed to hear that the promises of freedom and justice have not been met. And it has failed to hear that large segments of white society are more concerned about tranquility and the status quo than about justice, equality, and humanity. And so in a real sense our nation’s summers of riots are caused by our nation’s winters of delay. And as long as America postpones justice, we stand in the position of having these recurrences of violence and riots over and over again. Social justice and progress are the absolute guarantors of riot prevention.”

you know how old scifi is. [quote that will haunt me for years and years] [quote that will haunt me for years and years] [quote t

a collection 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

(the lathe of heaven by ursula k le guin)

(metaphase by vonda n. mcintyre)

(the dispossessed by ursula k le guin)

(the fortunate fall by raphael carter)

(bone dance by emma bull)

(woman on the edge of time by marge piercy)

(babel-17 by samuel r. delany)

(woman on the edge of time by marge piercy)

(bone dance by emma bull)

(the telling by ursula k. le guin)

(metaphase by vonda n. mcintyre)

— Mr. Darcy, Pride & Prejudice

In Darkness and in Solitude

— Going Postal, Terry Pratchett

“A daffodil bulb will divide and redivide endlessly. That’s why, like the peony, it is one of the few flowers you can find around abandoned farmhouses, still blooming and increasing in numbers fifty years after the farmer and his wife have moved to heaven, or the other place, Boca Raton. If you dig up a clump when no one is nearby and there is no danger of being shot, you’ll find that there are scores of little bulbs in each clump, the progeny of a dozen or so planted by the farmer’s wife in 1942. If you take these home, separate them, and plant them in your own yard, within a couple of years, you’ll have a hundred daffodils for the mere price of a trespassing fine or imprisonment or both. I had this adventure once, and I consider it one of the great cheap thrills of my gardening career. I am not advocating trespassing, especially on my property, but there is no law against having a shovel in the trunk of your car.” 

― Cassandra Danz, Mrs. Greenthumbs: How I Turned a Boring Yard into a Glorious Garden and How You Can, Too

I clicked the link because I enjoyed this quote and was not disappointed

The mountains are calling and I must go

 "The mountains are calling and I must go" John Muir, 1873

— February 3, 1922 | Franz Kafka diaries

to be clear the first one is the original. i just riffed on it because it’s a powerful message.

And yes MLK said all the quotes above. The sanitized version and image most have of him is wholly false.

Here’s some of what Dr. King said at Stanford University on April 14, 1967:

“I think America must see that riots do not develop out of thin air. Certain conditions continue to exist in our society which must be condemned as vigorously as we condemn riots. But in the final analysis, a riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it that America has failed to hear? It has failed to hear that the plight of the Negro poor has worsened over the last few years. It has failed to hear that the promises of freedom and justice have not been met. And it has failed to hear that large segments of white society are more concerned about tranquility and the status quo than about justice, equality, and humanity. And so in a real sense our nation’s summers of riots are caused by our nation’s winters of delay. And as long as America postpones justice, we stand in the position of having these recurrences of violence and riots over and over again. Social justice and progress are the absolute guarantors of riot prevention.”

wise words

don’t forget this important gem

And this one

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Meeting The Man: James Baldwin in Paris

(via Mubi)

— Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book

“The heart of man is much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths it has its pearls too." —Vincent van Gogh

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