"If I fail well then I fail but I gave it a shot
and these last three years, I know they’ve been hard,
but now its time to get out of the desert and into the sun"

“On Your Porch” - The Format

"All our lives, we’ve been treading paper in the space between the words. And there implied’s the thought that we are barely more than bodies for the birds, carrion. They say that we’re just accidental atoms beating air, carrying on and on, unwitting orphans of an unyielding despair. But our hearts tell a different story, our hands feel a different pulse. Something fathomless, deeper than our pride can dive, numinous, higher than our hearts can rise; transcendent, further than our thoughts can reach; immanent, closer than the air we breath."

“Treading Paper” - Thrice

"As Harry Potter was the only other thing I was passionate about, the doctors gave consent for me to leave the hospital and collect the fifth Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, from the local book shop. I was so ecstatic to have the book and excited to begin reading it, but there was never any hint of your imminent arrival and the way you would change my life so drastically. Luna, you instantly captivated me. I didn’t know why but there was something about you with your upside-down magazine, straggly blonde hair, and the honest, abashed way you stared at people without blinking that fascinated and perplexed me at once. You laughed hysterically at one of Ron’s quips and didn’t stop to excuse yourself and feel ashamed when it became clear that everyone found you strange. Throughout the book, I found myself waiting for your brief appearances and wanting to know more about you and why you were the way you were. You baffled me, not because you were odd (though indeed you were), but because you were… perfect. But it was a different kind of perfect to the perfectly thin, smiling magazine girls I simultaneously idolised and reviled. It was the way you carried your oddness like it was the most natural thing in the world. You didn’t market your oddness as your defining feature the way some insecure teenagers do, in guise of confidence and security. And nor were you oblivious to the awkward and uncomfortable feelings your oddness provoked in others. When, unable to comprehend how you wore your oddness so honestly and unashamedly, your peers reverted to mockery and bullying, you recognised this as a reflection of their own deep-seated insecurity and calmly let them carry on, quite above your head. You weren’t trying hard to present a certain aspect of yourself that would boldly identify you in the world. And that’s when it occurred to me how bizarre and positively ridiculous it was to apply the word “weird” to describe you, when you represented the most natural and unpretentious state possible to be; you were yourself."

Evanna Lynch, in part of her Dear Mr. Potter letter, where she describes first reading about Luna while in a recovery programme for anorexia (via holymotherofhnng)

(Source: holymotherofrowling, via carmaluna)

"A poet once said, ‘life can be a challenge, life can seem impossible, but it’s never easy when there’s so much on the line.’"

GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain, at last night’s Republican debate, inadvertently quoting from the Donna Summer song “The Power of One” — better known as the theme song from Pokémon: The Movie 2000.

[nymag.]

(via thedailywhat)

(Source: thedailywhat)

"For every love that’s lost, I heard a new one comes"

“Take Your Time (Coming Home)” - fun.

I believe the quote is actually “If a cluttered desk signs a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?” which is admittedly a little wordier. But anyways, I think I’m just going to quote this whenever my roommates’ comment on the state of my desk. If Einstein’s on my side, I’m pretty sure that’s an automatic win.

(via mydick-biggerthanabridge)

"The song “Hate Everyone” is earlier on the record, and it’s sort of about what I believe is an important stepping stone towards enlightenment, which is anger, and a sort of sense of frustration of mundane things and things that are hypocritical. An important part of being a good person is questioning things and not just always being controlled."

Max Bemis in an interview with Billboard

It’s a great interview that you should go watch. Just don’t mind Billboard’s false assumption that “Baby Girl, I’m a Blur” is from Say Anything’s self-titled album in their editing. 

"Did you lose faith? Yes, I lost faith in the powers that be
But In doing so I came across the will to disagree
And I gave up, yes I gave up and then I gave in
But I take responsibility for every single sin"

“The Blonde Lead the Blind” - Streetlight Manifesto

"I’ve been a gamer all my life; I’m 46, I’ve been playing video games since they were essentially made available to the public. I’ve seen the form evolve from total reflex coordination gaming into a true narrative powerhouse. It’s a truly strong narrative form. I believe video games are going to be the cornerstone of narrative in the next decade. As a storyteller it is my duty to get going on learning the language not as a gamer, but as a storyteller."

Guillermo del Toro, in an interview with Game Informer magazine about his upcoming game, Insane. 

"

No, none of us seem so very real.

We’re only supporting characters in the lives of each other.

Any real truth, any precious fact will always be lost in a mountain of shattered make-believe.

"

Chuck Palahniuk, Tell-All (via libraryland)