A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended.
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| — | Ian McEwan, Atonement |
Because nerds like us are allowed to be unironically enthusiastic about stuff. We don’t have to be like, ‘Oh yeah that purse is okay’ or like, ‘Yeah, I like that band’s early stuff.’ Nerds are allowed to love stuff, like jump-up-and-down-in-the-chair-can’t-control-yourself-love it. When people call people nerds, mostly what they are saying is, ‘You like stuff’, which is just not a good insult at all, like ‘You are too enthusiastic about the miracle of human consciousness.’
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| — | John Green (via lemdi) |
I hate dancing, so this, to me, is a living embodiment of Hell.
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| — | Stephen Fry, Stephen Fry in America (via amiry) |
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Religion is an idea about how the world works — and it’s just as valid to criticize it in public forums as it is to criticize any other idea. If you think it’s okay to criticize ideas about politics, science, medicine, art, philosophy, food, and so on… why should religion be treated any differently?
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| — | Greta Christina (via restmychemistryy) |
I do care [about the environment]. I care a lot, actually, but not as much as I used to, because I went to America; when I came back, I thought, “What’s the point? Why do I bloody bother?” The consumption levels over there are so much more extreme. I feel stupid, really. I feel like I’ve turned up at an earthquake with a dustpan and brush.
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| — | Sean Lock, on recycling |
After a long day, you just want to go home and shove the closest edible thing into your mouth and watch whatever is on Netflix instant. And on weekends, you try to psych yourself up to go out at night but then you realize you are just so damn tired and Netflix instant sounds awesome. And there’s all that driving and like, having to wear pants.
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| — | “TOP TEN SIGNS YOU’RE AN ADULT” by Almie Rose (via roguemonster) (via becauseiamawoman) |
