Just a self indulgent blog, a few things I've recently found whilst browsing the depths of the interwebs




"There is no better time than the autumn to begin forgetting the things that trouble us, allowing them to fall away like dried leaves."
- Paulo Coelho, Adultery



“The people who are meant to be in your life will always gravitate back towards you, no matter how far they wander.”




The Fisherman and the Siren (Detail)
Frederic Lord Leighton

"We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special."
- Stephen Hawking

"The way to happiness: Keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Scatter sunshine, forget self, think of others. Try this for a week and you will be surprised."
- Norman Vincent Peale, The Power of Positive Thinking



"Every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. And, the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star than your right hand. It really is the most poetic thing I know about physics: You are all stardust. You couldn’t be here if stars hadn’t exploded, because the elements - the carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, iron, all the things that matter for evolution and for life - weren’t created at the beginning of time. They were created in the nuclear furnaces of stars, and the only way for them to get into your body is if those stars were kind enough to explode…The stars died so that you could be here today."
- Lawrence M. Krauss

"Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes."
- Oscar Wilde





Paracosm (noun)
Paracosm is an extremely rare word defining the imaginary world constructed in one’s mind, specifically by children. It is an infinite fantasy, anything can exist from animals to aliens and entities foreign to outsiders. Anything is possible in this fantasy milieu, one has their own language, experience, geography and history. Parcosm is usually developed as a result of high creativity, problem-solving, and others theorize: high intelligence.

"The conversation of kisses. Subtle, engrossing, fearless, transforming."
- Alice Munro, Runaway



"When a woman submits to a man, it’s the most precious gift she can give. Herself. Unreservedly. The man has to respect and honor that gift above all else. Even if he respects nothing else in the world, he must respect the woman in his care. It’s his sworn duty to protect, honor and cherish his submissive. To take care of her and provide a safe haven. Someone who would put his own needs above his woman’s is no man."
- Maya Banks





"She tastes like every dark thought I’ve ever had."
- Holly Black, White Cat



...and that is all for tonight.. Lots of *sighs*!

This short video is incredible:

More *sighs*.. This song is beautiful


...and the series of Late Night Tales albums are all wonderful. It took me a while to find and get them all but they're amazing. If you ever come across one then get it!

When a cover outdoes the original..


So much love for this song.. *sigh*

So, so good..

...last one for this evening...


Amazing album.. So, so good..
Side note: I lost my virginity with this playing :O

On a completely different genre to the song on my previous blog, yet a similar vibe, tranquil and equally as easy to get lost in..


The whole album is incredibly produced and I would put it in my top 10, and this song is just... bliss.

“I want to read you,
like my favorite book.
Soak up every sentence,
and every word that you are.
Run my fingers,
down your spine
and mark my favorite places
that I find, on the surface
of your skin and within.

Turn down the corners of you,
where I want to come back
to visit again,
and reread my favorite
moments that
I’ve had with you.

Learn you like a story,
and take my time,
to memorize your every line.
Leave you well worn,
so that you will know
you are my favorite book,
that I long to get lost inside.

Leave my fingerprints
in your creases and
my signature on your back,
so you will know
you belong with me,
so there will be no question
that you are the story line,
I want to know best,
beyond the surface,
like the back of my hand,
past the first chapter,
to the end.

Can I memorize your body,
Inside and out?
like a magnificent story,
till you have no doubt—
You are my favorite book,
that I want to get lost in
again and again…"

So during my recent searchings on depression (oh joy, what a lovely subject matter), I stumbled across a number of Stephen Fry quotes.. What a hell of a man. It's amazing to think how he has suffered so tremendously with mental health issues, yet has remained a character which I'm sure we can all look up to and hold in high esteem. I love watching his interviews, reading his words and I could happily spend hours, days, weeks and years trying to absorb everything that he has to offer.
Back to the subject of depression, well, I found a video and a couple of quotes that I found relevant to myself:



Yep. I have mental health issues too. Few people know this as it's something I've hidden away for a long, long time. I have a doctors appointment next week for my other health condition (hurrah, more problems!), and will be seeking guidance from my doctor on therapy and counselling. Fun times ahead!



"The symptoms of depression aren’t personal. Depression makes it difficult for a person to connect on a deep emotional level with anyone, even the people he or she loves most. In addition, depressed people often say hurtful things and lash out in anger. Remember that this is the depression talking, not your loved one, so try not to take it personally."



...moving on, time for some quotes from Mr. Fry on a much lighter note:


"In a very harsh world, we need ice cream."


"Oscar Wilde said that if you know what you want to be, then you inevitably become it - that is your punishment, but if you never know, then you can be anything. There is a truth to that. We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing - an actor, a writer - I am a person who does things - I write, I act - and I never know what I am going to do next. I think you can be imprisoned if you think of yourself as a noun."

"The only reason people do not know much is because they do not care to know. They are incurious. Incuriousity is the oddest and most foolish failing there is."

"The English language is like London: proudly barbaric yet deeply civilised, too, common yet royal, vulgar yet processional, sacred yet profane. Each sentence we produce, whether we know it or not, is a mongrel mouthful of Chaucerian, Shakespearean, Miltonic, Johnsonian, Dickensian and American. Military, naval, legal, corporate, criminal, jazz, rap and ghetto discourses are mingled at every turn. The French language, like Paris, has attempted, through its Academy, to retain its purity, to fight the advancing tides of Franglais and international prefabrication. English, by comparison, is a shameless whore."

"Swearing is a really important part of one’s life. It would be impossible to imagine going through life without swearing and without enjoying swearing… There used to be mad, silly, prissy people who used to say swearing was a sign of a poor vocabulary -such utter nonsense. The people I know who swear the most tend to have the widest vocabularies and the kind of person who says swearing is a sign of a poor vocabulary usually have a pretty poor vocabulary themselves… The sort of twee person who thinks swearing is in any way a sign of a lack of education or a lack of verbal interest or -is just a fucking lunatic… I haven’t met anybody who’s truly shocked at swearing, really, they’re only shocked on behalf of other people. Well, you know, that’s preposterous… or they say ‘it’s not necessary’. As if that should stop one doing it! It’s not necessary to have coloured socks, it’s not necessary for this cushion to be here, but is anyone going to write in and say ‘I was shocked to see that cushion there, it really wasn’t necessary’? No, things not being necessary is what makes life interesting -the little extras in life."

...and with that, I think this is one hell of a lengthy blog that is just about done.



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