Melancholy is sometimes overwhelming. Sometimes, you notice beauty only when you’re melancholic, and it puts everything in perspective.
Sometimes words ring hollow. A letter says more than a book. Sometimes your eyes see color, and things become clear. Words fail, but a simple photo says it all; Love, comfort, warmth, fascination, worry and fear.
Sometimes you stand […]
Two interesting quotes from Christopher Hitchens’ “God is not Great”:
- In response to Napoleon asking of the absence of God in his orrery (a working model of the solar system as seen from the outside), Laplace replies:
“Je n’ai pas besoin de cette hypothèse” (I do not need that hypothesis)
- Francisco Goya:
“El seuño de la […]
Buddhist to hot-dog vendor: “Make me one with everything”.
The Buddhist gets his hot dog and pays with a 20 dollar bill. He waits a few minutes, and then asks for his change.
Vendor: “Change only comes from within”