December 2011
“Nobody tells an actor, ‘you’re playing a strong-minded man.’ We assume that men are strong-minded. A strong-minded woman is a different animal.”
—Meryl Streep, on being told that she often plays “strong-minded women.” (via richardharrows)
“With school turning out more runners, jumpers, racers, tinkerers, grabbers, snatchers, fliers, and swimmers instead of examiners, critics, knowers, and imaginative creators, the word ‘intellectual,’ of course, became the swear word it deserved to be.”
—Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 (via thelifeguardlibrarian)
“My heart, so precious, I won’t trade for a hundred thousand souls yet your one smile takes it for free.”
—Rumi (via beautifulqalb)
