words

words of the month | may

In life, quotes, words on 1 May 2010 tagged jeanette winterson, may, words of the month with no comments

it’s all there, but hard to find the beginning and impossible to fathom the end. (jeanette winterson)

words of the month – february

In life, quotes, words on 1 February 2010 tagged february, words of the month, zelda fitzgerald with no comments

nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold. (zelda fitzgerald)

thousand word thursday

In images, life, photography, words on 20 August 2009 tagged thursday with no comments

certain these clouds go somewhere, billowing out to somewhere. (t. amos)

read this book

In books, life, quotes, words on 11 May 2009 tagged death, joan didion, read this book, the year of magical thinking with no comments

imagine this:  several days before christmas, your only daughter falls ill and lies, unresponsive, in a coma.  you and your husband leave the hospital and sit down to dinner at home.  as you finish mixing the salad, you look over to your husband who is suddenly slumped motionless on the table.  he has suffered a [...]

it's the truth (if you think it is)

In beauty, life, words on 17 April 2009 tagged reality, truth, words with 6 comments

truth — it’s something i’m constantly seeking. to me, words are one of the few things that possess some absolute quality of truth.  not spoken words, but written words.  that probably explains why i’m such a collector of words — i have notebooks upon notebooks full of quotes, thoughts, random words that i don’t want [...]