February 2012
107 posts
Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his...
– Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov (via philphys)
There is one very serious defect to my mind in Christ’s moral character, and...
– Bertrand Russell, Why I am not a Christian (via philphys)
Observance of customs and laws can very easily be a cloak for a lie so subtle...
– Carl Jung (via thinksquad)
The exhilarating ripple of her voice was a wild tonic in the rain.
– The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald (via unejeunedemoiselle)
I went back to Mexico City
and saw Joan Burroughs leaning
forward in a garden...
– Allen Ginsberg, Dream Record, June 1955 (via fuckyeahbeatgeneration)
Joan Burroughs was shot by her husband William S. Burroughs in Mexico in 1951. Story goes they were attempting to perform a William Tell act while intoxicated.