“A 2005 study found that the level of patriarchy predicts men’s mortality rates. High levels of patriarchy were associated with high levels of male mortality; low levels of patriarchy were correlated with low mortality levels. The researchers argue that while patriarchy grants men certain privileges over women, it also promotes gender stereotypes which harm men.”
Most interesting, thank you Wikipedia.
— Friedrich Nietzsche (via lastwaltzinvienna)
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David Hume
A Treatise of Human Nature, Book III: of Morals
Oh my, oh my, someone just submitted their essay! I detest submitting essays online, its so difficult to go okay, enough, it is done know, submit…stressful times
—
Blaise Pascal
My philosophy lecturer was going on about this quote and how poetic he thought Pascal was here, with sibilants et cetera, he said it many times aloud…
She sits in the park. Her clothes are out of date.
Two children whine and bicker, tug her skirt.
A third draws aimless patterns in the dirt
Someone she loved once passed by – too late
to feign indifference to that casual nod.
“How nice” et cetera. “Time holds great surprises.”
From his neat head unquestionably rises
a small balloon…”but for the grace of God…”
They stand a while in flickering light, rehearsing
the children’s names and birthdays. “It’s so sweet
to hear their chatter, watch them grow and thrive, ”
she says to his departing smile. Then, nursing
the youngest child, sits staring at her feet.
To the wind she says, “They have eaten me alive.”
—
In the Park
Gwen Harwood
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She was never apologetic about who she was. She did little paintings that nobody liked. She lived with this monster of the art. She was not influenced by what he was doing; she never changed. Even though people would never buy it, she kept true to her own style.I think also, the fact that she took all these different tragedies or difficulties and made the best out of them. [She] not only made the best out of them, but did it in an interesting way. From paint, she did art and poetry. From the infidelities of her husband, she found freedom.-Salma Hayek talking about Frida Kahlo](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrncq7CpP41r0q99eo1_400.jpg)
She was never apologetic about who she was. She did little paintings that nobody liked. She lived with this monster of the art. She was not influenced by what he was doing; she never changed. Even though people would never buy it, she kept true to her own style.
I think also, the fact that she took all these different tragedies or difficulties and made the best out of them. [She] not only made the best out of them, but did it in an interesting way. From paint, she did art and poetry. From the infidelities of her husband, she found freedom.
-Salma Hayek talking about Frida Kahlo
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— William Shakespeare, Hamlet (via mirroir)
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Harry T. Baker, ‘After Reading Shakespeare’s Sonnets’
Oh Dorian…
…this is one of my favourite books by the way
the picture of dorian gray
one of my favorite passages from the book
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— Patti Smith on Arthur Rimbaud (via nocternity)
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— The Secret History - Donna Tartt (via fatalflaws)
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