March 2011
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Edgar Allan Poe-Elizabeth
Elizabeth, it surely is most fit
Logic and common usage so commanding
In thy own book that first thy name be writ,
Zeno and other sages notwithstanding;
And I have other reasons for so doing
Besides my innate love of contradiction;
Each poet - if a poet - in pursuing
The muses thro' their bowers of Truth or Fiction,
Has studied very little of his part,
Read nothing, written less - in short's a...
Anonymous asked: By 'what area', i mean what do you speak of you're leaving the rest of tumblr in questions. What are you talking about?
Anonymous asked: Less about interest, and more about your opinion of the subject
Anonymous
In response to your question—-no, there is not a single bit of interest in that area.
-Dean
“The lover is a monotheist who knows that other people worship different gods but...”
– Theodor Reik,
Of Love and Lust, 1957
“Prudence is rascally a virtue”
– A motto by Benjamin Rush
Che Cosa?
Dear Anonymous,
I’m not sure that’s a question. Maybe phrased another way would work better?
—Dean
“The hours I spend with you I look upon as sort of a perfumed garden, a dim...”
– ~George Moore
Mentre il mondo pian’ piano
Scompare negli...
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Dare you not to smile at this. :)
Worth smiling about
To those on tumblr,
I apologize for the continuous stream of Dorian Gray excerpts but I have one more that I particularly enjoy. “The one charm of the past is that it is the past.” The man is right—whether it’s the only charm there, it’s also the only one needed and as I sit here typing away, I don’t think of the meaningless, vodka-lined babble of a Saturday...
http://www.ustream.tv/charliesheen →
Of Odd Romantics
I’m quickly becoming convinced that we need several more odd romantics like Wilde, in all that languor.
“If this girl can give a soul to those who have lived without one, if she can create the sense of beauty in people whose lives have been sordid and ugly, if she can strip them of their selfishness and lend them tears for sorrows that are not their own, she is worthy of all your...
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Lady Wotton
“She laughed nervously as she spoke, and watched him with her vague forget-me-not eyes. She was a curious woman, whose dresses always looked as if they had been designed in a rage and put on in a tempest. She was usually in love with somebody, and, as her passion was never returned, she had kept all her illusions. She tried to look picturesque, but only succeeded in being untidy. Her name...
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doyousing asked: a finely groomed mustache AND access to fringe? where can i get me one of those?! (oh wait, do you mean kira??)
WOWEE, DID MASLOW USE SOME KIND OF CRAZY FRINGE-LIKE CONTRAPTION TO TRAVEL TO THE FUTURE AND PREDICT THAT FRINGE WOULD CHANGE THE FUTURE OF ALL MANKIND?!
WOWEE, DID MASLOW USE SOME KIND OF CRAZY FRINGE-LIKE CONTRAPTION TO TRAVEL TO THE FUTURE AND PREDICT THAT FRINGE WOULD CHANGE THE FUTURE OF ALL MANKIND?!
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