The Illusionist

“Cherish your wilderness.” ― Maxine Kumin

giveemkel — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:30:37 -0400

“Cherish your wilderness.”
― Maxine Kumin

“Someday we’re going to look back on every shared smile...

giveemkel — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:30:29 -0400

“Someday we’re going to look back on every shared smile and smile some more. It’s moments like this that make life worth enduring.”
― Nadège Richards

“The 12-step chocolate program: NEVER BE MORE THAN 12 STEPS AWAY...

giveemkel — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:30:36 -0400

“The 12-step chocolate program: NEVER BE MORE THAN 12 STEPS AWAY FROM CHOCOLATE!”
― Terry Moore

“Time isToo Slow for those who Wait,Too Swift for those who...

giveemkel — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 17:30:36 -0400

“Time is
Too Slow for those who Wait,
Too Swift for those who Fear,
Too Long for those who Grieve,
Too Short for those who Rejoice;
But for those who Love,
Time is not.”
― Henry van Dyke, Music and Other Poems

♥ to swim

giveemkel — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 02:11:42 -0400

♥ to swim

“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have...

giveemkel — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:30:46 -0400

“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”
― Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

“No, my dog used to gaze at me,paying me the attention I...

giveemkel — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:30:50 -0400

“No, my dog used to gaze at me,
paying me the attention I need,
the attention required
to make a vain person like me understand
that, being a dog, he was wasting time,
but, with those eyes so much purer than mine,
he’d keep on gazing at me
with a look that reserved for me alone
all his sweet and shaggy life,
always near me, never troubling me,
and asking nothing.”
― Pablo Neruda

The Beatles - Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

giveemkel — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 02:16:39 -0400

The Beatles - Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

“The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love color...

giveemkel — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:30:44 -0400

“The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love color the most. ”
― John Ruskin

Blueberry Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

giveemkel — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:30:32 -0400

Blueberry Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

giveemkel — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:30:28 -0400

‘Cause I’m as free as a bird now,

giveemkel — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 17:30:00 -0400

‘Cause I’m as free as a bird now,

“Afterwards, they always had tea in the kitchen, much the nicest...

giveemkel — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 17:30:36 -0400

“Afterwards, they always had tea in the kitchen, much the nicest room in the house.”
― Flora Thompson

“There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your...

giveemkel — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 17:30:28 -0400

“There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart’s desire. The other is to gain it.”
― George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman

Date a girl who doesn’t read because the girl who reads knows...

giveemkel — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:30:28 -0400

Date a girl who doesn’t read because the girl who reads knows the importance of plot. She can trace out the demarcations of a prologue and the sharp ridges of a climax. She feels them in her skin. The girl who reads will be patient with an intermission and expedite a denouement. But of all things, the girl who reads knows most the ineluctable significance of an end. She is comfortable with them. She has bid farewell to a thousand heroes with only a twinge of sadness.

~ Charles Warnke

“We need the tonic of wildness…At the same time that we...

giveemkel — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:30:25 -0400

“We need the tonic of wildness…At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable, that land and sea be indefinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us because unfathomable. We can never have enough of nature.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Walden: Or, Life in the Woods

have.a.heart

giveemkel — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 17:30:27 -0400

have.a.heart

“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a...

giveemkel — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 17:30:44 -0400

“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”
― Albert Einstein

“I crave your mouth, your voice, your hair.Silent and starving,...

giveemkel — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 17:30:29 -0400

“I crave your mouth, your voice, your hair.
Silent and starving, I prowl through the streets.
Bread does not nourish me, dawn disrupts me, all day
I hunt for the liquid measure of your steps.

I hunger for your sleek laugh,
your hands the color of a savage harvest,
hunger for the pale stones of your fingernails,
I want to eat your skin like a whole almond.

I want to eat the sunbeam flaring in your lovely body,
the sovereign nose of your arrogant face,
I want to eat the fleeting shade of your lashes,

and I pace around hungry, sniffing the twilight,
hunting for you, for your hot heart,
Like a puma in the barrens of Quitratue.”
― Pablo Neruda

“Dream with my eyes openSleep when I am deadLove who my...

giveemkel — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 15:20:32 -0400

“Dream with my eyes open
Sleep when I am dead
Love who my heart’s chosen
Conquer what lies ahead”
― Ryan Keith Follese’