December 2009
168 posts
Ring Out Wild Bells by Alfred Tennyson
Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light: The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.
Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Ring out the grief that saps the mind, For those that here we see no more; Ring out the feud of rich and...
“Some people pass through your life and you never think about them again. Some...”
– The Wonder Years (via and-i-quote)
“No doubt all of this is not true remembrance but the ruinous work of nostalgia,...”
– Michael Chabon, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
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“Love. Oscar knew he should have checked out right then. He liked to kid himself...”
– Junot Diaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
“To work problems out for yourself, to find your own way out of ignorance, to...”
– Jessica Zafra
20 random statements
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My Christmas Reading List
It’s Christmas break again. And in my world, that means I’d now be able to read books that I actually want to read. Unlike the philo, theo, bio, what-have-you readings that ateneo shoves down my eyeballs (well some are fun reads, but most are mind-numbing).
This year I’m keeping it down to five.
1. Twisted 8 1/2- Jessica Zafra
2. The Mysteries of Pittsburgh- Michael...
“Going Back to Bed
Up early, trying to muffle
the sounds of small tasks,...”
– J.D. McClatchy
“But it is a misfortune that the concept of happiness is such an indeterminate...”
– Immanuel Kant, Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
“Harold is quite free of certain hypocrisies regarding our national...”
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