Treasure Trove (real treasure's not gold)

I am Katie. Recently graduated English major. I love literature, art, writing and creativity. I am the antonym of 'dictionary-pusher.'

"If they give you lined paper, write the other way."
— William Carlos Williams

It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing. It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dream, for the adventure of being alive. It doesn’t interest me what planets are squaring your moon. I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow, if you have been opened by life’s betrayals or have become shriveled and closed from fear of further pain.

—Oriah Mountain Dreamer (via troubled)

What would the world be like if we all realized how little time we had left in it?

What motivated me to film their behavior, is something I asked my advisors: “What motivates the pollinators?”
Well, their answer was, ‘It’s all about risk and reward.’
Like a wide eyed kid I’d say, “Why is that?”
And they’d say, ‘Well, because they want to survive.”
And I’d say, “Why?”
‘Well, in order to reproduce.’
“Well, why?” And I thought they’d say ‘well it’s all about sex.’
And Chip Taylor, our monarch butterfly expert, he replied, ‘Nothing lasts forever, everything in the Universe wears out.’
And that blew my mind.

—Louie Schwartzberg - from TED talk “The hidden beauty of pollination”

Beauty and seduction, I believe, are nature’s tools for survival because, we will protect what we fall in love with….

—Louie Schwartzberg - from TED talk “The hidden beauty of pollination”

It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing. It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dream, for the adventure of being alive. It doesn’t interest me what planets are squaring your moon. I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow, if you have been opened by life’s betrayals or have become shriveled and closed from fear of further pain. I want to know if you can sit with pain, mine or your own, without moving to hide it or fade it, or fix it.

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Oriah Mountain Dreamer (via venebelle

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Quote of the Day (spam email)

Quote of the Day!

But when I drew near, she clung to me, and I could know 3 May.  Bistritz.-- Left
Munich at 8:35 P.M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna

GLUBBDUBDRIB, AND JAPAN.

I am nothing special, of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts and I’ve led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I’ve loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough.

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Nicholas Sparks (via troubled

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