C. S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain (via blue-voids)

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Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say ‘My tooth is aching’ than to say ‘My heart is broken.’

nevver:

Message to a Graduate

mykaylaisnotonfire:

“Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn’t carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.”

-Stephen King

I just can’t not reblog this

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everybodyandtheirdog:

the-monster-and-the-lady:

They say if you give a man a fish, he’ll eat for a day.  But if you teach a man to fish…. then he’s got to get a fishing license, but he doesn’t have any money.  So he’s got to get a job and pay taxes, and now you’re gonna audit the poor cocksucker because he’s not good with math. 
   So they’ll pull the IRS van up to your house and take all your shit. And you were just worried about eating a fucking fish, but you couldn’t ever cook the fish because you needed a permit for an open flame.  Then the Health Dept. is going to start asking you a lot of questions about where you are going to dump the scales and guts. And ladies and gentlemen, if you get sick of it all at the end of the day, it’s not even legal to kill yourself. - Doug Stanhope

ohhhh my gosh

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The Inner Light by Francisco Provedo

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bull-e:

I’ve been seeing a lot of: “even if i dress sexually doesnt mean i’m asking to get raped” posts, regarding the recent debates about how women should dress, and how males should not see that as an invitation. & I completely agree. Regardless of how a woman is dressed or acts, forcing…