"The weight of the world
Is love
Under the burden
Of solitude
Under the burden
Of dissatisfaction
The weight
The weight we carry
Is love.
Who can deny?
In dreams
It touches
The body,
In thought
Constructs
A miracle,
Its imagination
Anguishes
Till born
In human
Looks out of the heart
Burning with purity--
For the burden of life
Is love."
~Allan Ginsberg
"'There is no use trying,' said Alice, 'One can't believe impossible things.'
'I dare say you haven't had much practice,' said the queen, 'When I was your age, I always did it for a half hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.'"
~Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived."
~Thoreau
"I would like to have my picture taken so that I can give it to the boy that sits next to me."
Isn't that the sweetest thing ever?
"I love thee, I love but thee
With a love that shall not die
Till the sun grows cold
And the stars grow old."
~William Shakespeare
"True, I talk of dreams,
Which are the children of an idle brain,
Begot of nothing but vain fantasy."
~William Shakespeare
"Flawed is her vision, her awkwardness. Her face has blemished, she hardly brushes her hair. She is not conventionally pretty, although to me she is beautiful."
"Without a heart I can never really know what it would be like to love someone, or ever really understand trashy novels."
~Wizard of Oz
"Is love a tender thing? It is too rough, too rude, too boisterous; and it pricks like thorn."
~William Shakespeare
"I have learned not to worry about love;
But to honor its coming with all my heart."
~Alice Walker
Why is it that I am posting so many engagement photos here recently?
I better stop before my heart starts throbbing more...
I've been tagged by Fashion Babbler!
1. Respond and rework: Answer the questions on your blog, replace one question that you dislike with a question of your own invention, add one more question of your own.
2. Tag other un-tagged people.
What's your current obsession?
Romance.
What are you wearing today?
My newly bought California Select vintage dress:
What are you looking forward to?
My Florida trip coming up
What would you like to learn to do?
and also be able to take gorgeous photography:
What did you have for dinner?
Pasta with pesto sauce.
What was the last thing you bought?
Hot chocolate from Whole Foods this morning.
What are you listening to right now?
The sound of me typing and my dog snoring.
What is your favorite weather?
70 degree warmish day just sunny enough to don my white-rimmed wayfarer sunnies.
What is on your bedside table?
The Virgin Suicides, some random pens, my projection clock, and a vase with fake roses.
What's your style?
I'm still not sure yet...
What was your favorite Fall RTW show?
Ummm...sorry for sounding stupid, but what in the world is RTW???
What is your most challenging goal right now?
Balancing all my hobbies/chores.
Say something about the person who tagged you:
Stay stylish!
If you could have a house totally paid for, fully furnished anywhere in the world, where would you like it to be?
Fantasyland.
Favorite vacation spot?
Never really been anywhere exotic, so it's hard to say...I guess Austria, but I went there when I was seven...
Name the things you cannot live without:
My world of romance, dreamers, and fairies. My family and friends.
What would you like to get rid of?
Arrogant people who are so insecure they have to put you down in order to feel good.
If you could go anywhere in the world right now, where would you go?
Probably Amsterdam because someone I know is temporarily living there for nine months!
What language do you want to learn?
French, it's so beautiful.
What countries have you visited?
Austria, Germany, St. Maarten, and Aruba.
What are some of the things you like about where you live?
It's near a big city.
What's you favorite quality about yourself?
My creativity and my imagination. It's the reason I can dream.
What is your favorite quote/saying?
Okay, I know I've said this a lot before in other posts, but I'll say it again:
"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like the fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars."
~Jack Kerouac
Say one random fact about yourself:
I sleep with my bathrobe on.
I now tag...Olga!
I've just discovered a great new blog, Mod.ulation, which is written by "A pair of twins who loves everything fashion and art." They just started their blog this month, so I suggest you check it out!
I'll pass it on to Jessica.
